Election News Roundup - August 8 Edition.

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MFEI original articles

• BREAKING NEWS: Michigan Fair Elections Institute Sues Genesee County Clerk

  
  

• Ones to Watch ... What We Know about the Candidates for MI Secretary of State

MICHIGAN

• Citizen-only voting initiative launches with strong GOP backing

  
  

• Group launches ‘decline to sign’ campaign against citizen-only voting measures

  
  

• ‘I wasn’t supposed to vote’: UMich illegal voting scandal reveals fraud risks in same-day registration

  
  

• It Took the Chinese Nationalist Less Than 15 Minutes to Vote Illegally in Michigan

  
  

• Secretary Benson statement on court ruling protecting voting rights of Michigan's military and overseas citizens

  
  

• Michigan’s 35th District has gone more than six months without a state senator

• Why Is Gretchen Whitmer Holding Up a Special Election in Michigan?

  
  

• Complaints mount as Whitmer waits on vacant Michigan Senate seat

  
  

• Opinion: Detroit's comeback left some behind ― and now they're not voting

  
  

• Conservative ‘hoaxers’ plead to intimidating Michigan voters with robocalls

AROUND THE NATION

• Illinois Clerk Joe Tirio: Ranked-choice voting is a solution in search of a problem

  
  

• More Voter Fraud Exposed: Proven Cases of Ballot Tampering and Rigged Elections

  
  

• DOJ makes nationwide push to clean voter rolls, purging duplicates and noncitizens

  
  

• Justice Department demand for state voter lists underscores their importance

  
  

• Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon Launches Legal Blitz to Clean Up Voter Rolls and Dismantle ‘Illegal Race-Based Gerrymandering’ — “We’re Making It Easier to Vote and Harder to Cheat”

  
  

• Top Trump Official Breaks Down How Key Office Is Sniffing Out Illegal Voters

  
  

• New Bill Targets UOCAVA Loophole That Lets Overseas Voters Use Outdated Addresses

  
  

• Lawsuits Proceed Against Two Blue States’ Corrupted Voter Rolls

  
  

• Votebeat: Republican Redistricting Push in Texas Triggers a Political Arms Race

  
  

• Commentary: The Lone Star State’s Redistricting Is Constitutional, Legal, and Necessary

  
  

• Texas Senate once again tries to give the attorney general authority to prosecute election crimes

  
  

• Federal Appeals Court Rules Texas Can Enforce Law Requiring ID For Mail-In Ballots

  
  

• Ballotpedia: New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte signs bills requiring new documentation to request and return absentee ballots

  
  

• Georgia election board wants to re-launch 2020 election probe

  
  

• An expansive NC elections bill has voters worried about privacy and identity theft

  
  

• Smartmatic Executive Accused Of Bribing Top Venezuelan Election Official

  
  

• Biden DOE Launched Voter Drive Aimed at Welfare Recipients

NEWS AGGREGATOR SITES:

• ElectionBriefing.com

• ETI Media Report

• RealClearPolitics

• CitizenFreePress.com

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