MFEI News & Commentary Articles

President Donald Trump signed his second executive order on elections. The order takes aim at the absence of a systematic mechanism to verify that only citizens receive ballots, and the lack of a uniform, auditable framework governing mail-in and absentee ballot delivery through the U.S. Postal Service.

A Michigan court has just ordered 37 absentee ballots to be processed toward counting in Hamtramck’s disputed 2025 mayoral race. The ruling sounds reasonable on the surface. Voters shouldn’t be punished for election officials’ mistakes, right?

Here's your encouragement to go old school in 2026. Unsubscribe from a podcast or two and pick up a book! MFEI News & Commentary has some suggestions.

Make 2026 the year you become intentional in your charitable giving. MFEI has developed a guide to help you plan.

Patrice Johnson shows how SOS Benson's risk-limited 2024 audit was indeed fundamentally limited and only scratched the surface of how an election should be audited.

One of MFEI's favorite reporters encourages us to never forget what happened in 2020, especially how COVID changed the conduct of elections.

SOS Jocelyn Benson's audit is late and flawed. No ballots from Detroit or Troy audited.