MFEI News & Commentary Articles

Join us for a special News@Noon Celebration at the Coalition Task Force Meeting, July 3.

The 2025 session of the 103rd Michigan Legislature opened with new Republican legislators heading up every House committee and resetting the House agenda. Nowhere was that shift more prominent than in Representative Rachelle Smit’s Election Integrity Committee.

Three quick read headline stories for midweek. Today's 3: Decision in Lindell defamation lawsuit • Legal Hero John Eastman loses law license • O’Donnell 2024 Election Denier

LANSING, Mich. (June 28, 2025) — Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers unanimously approved petition summary language for a constitutional amendment which would enshrine ranked choice voting (RCV) as the state’s required system of voting.

MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.

Join us for this week's News@Noon Coalition Task Force Meeting, June 26.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s Department of State has instructed Michigan’s county clerks to withhold some of the election data Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI) requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), escalating concerns over election transparency.

Recently, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Heritage Foundation released dueling scorecards evaluating the perceived effectiveness and fairness of each state’s election laws, processes, and overall infrastructure. Rather than observing relative harmony, readers will find significant divergence between the two models.

MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.

Join us for this week's News@Noon Coalition Task Force Meeting, June 19, featuring Cleta Mitchell from Election Integrity Network.

March 22, 2024, MI SOS Benson announced Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Election Data and Science Lab ranked Michigan’s administration of the 2022 midterm elections 2nd in the nation. Praising the MIT experts’ ranking has become one of Benson’s favorite songs, and now MI Rep. Mai Xiong, is joining in. At the recent MI House Election Integrity Committee hearing, Rep. Xiong chimed in with a question for election data expert Braden Giacobazzi that set her up to invoke

Join us for this week's News@Noon Coalition Task Force Meeting, June 12.

In a significant victory for election integrity advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court’s decision on federal candidate standing and the counting of mail-in ballots after Election Day. The case, led by Congressman Mike Bost (R-IL) and two presidential electors, challenges an Illinois law permitting mail-in ballots to be counted up to 14 days after Election Day, even without a postmark. Michigan has a similar law as well, going so far as to waive p

MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.

Join us for this week's News@Noon Coalition Task Force Meeting, June5.

Michigan’s GOP-led House is taking the first steps toward impeaching Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for corrupt conduct in the administration of her office. On Tuesday, Michigan state Rep. James DeSana (R-29th District) held a press conference announcing the intention to introduce House Resolution 118, articles of impeachment, against Benson.

Michigan’s voter registration verification system has gaps, but new federal tools — once costly and complex — are now free and user-friendly, available to help ensure only U.S. citizens vote in Michigan elections.

MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.

Join us for this week's News@Noon Coalition Task Force Meeting, May 29.

The Michigan House of Representatives escalated its standoff with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson by voting to hold her and the Michigan Department of State (MDOS) in contempt for failing to comply with legislative subpoenas requesting election training materials for county, city, and township clerks.