MFEI News & Commentary Articles

Preliminary findings from Detroit ballot investigation identify "ghost write-ins." Are the ballots poorly designed? Were first-time users of mail-in ballots confused? Is it fraud? All of the above?

Michigan has dodged a bullet. RCV organizers in Michigan have "paused" their efforts to get the novel voting method on the ballot. It is a clear victory for MFEI volunteers and for Michigan.

SOS Benson's third and final set of radical, new rules got a hearing on Friday. Find out how Michiganders objected!

Benson's Election Rule Set 14 is a done deal. It's in the can. Find out what's in store for Michigan's 2026 elections.

SOS Benson's radical rule sets are working their way through the adoption process. Rule Set 15 is schedule for hearing on December 12.

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.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Stockbridge, MI – September 15, 2025 Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI) is formally submitting opposition to the Michigan Secretary of State’s proposed Rule Set 2025-14 ST to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), warning that the proposed rules governing pollbooks will undermine election integrity and violate federal and state laws.

A Michigan district court judge has dismissed felony charges against 15 alternate electors. The two-year legal ordeal ended today for 15 Michigan Republicans charged with eight felony counts primarily centered on forgery.

On Wednesday, September 3, the Tea Party Patriots' Only Citizens Vote bus pulled into Lansing and was greeted by a group of Michigan patriots supporting only American citizens voting. Patrice Johnson, founder and chair of Michigan Fair Elections Institute, offered her remarks to the group.

A hearing to consider dramatic changes to how state elections are conducted and administered is being held in Lansing on Friday, September 5.   Beginning at 9:30 a.m., Michiganders are allowed to make public comment on 12 administrative rules (R 168.251-168.262) that would impact Michigan election administration.

Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI) is launching an online publication called the Monthly Qualified Voter File (QVF) Change Report.

Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI) is suing Michigan's Genesee County Clerk for denying a routine Freedom of Information Act request for election data.

Officials with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) are demanding information about how Michigan’s Department of State is complying with federal laws related to elections. Benson has 14 days to comply.