Securing the Blessings of Liberty
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At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, a New Yorker named Gouverneur Morris, serving on the Committee of Style, drafted the final, glorious language of our Constitution’s Preamble.
The Founders thus enshrined — in the Constitution’s opening language — a fundamental concept:
Blessings flow from liberty . . .
and liberty cannot be taken for granted,
it must be secured.
Free and fair elections are at the very heart and soul of liberty. Our children will be deprived of liberty’s blessings unless we act now to secure our elections.
Those of us committed to election integrity deeply understand the importance of securing liberty and elections. We’ve been on the front lines, battling election attacks from all sides. We know, first-hand: liberty for ourselves — and for our posterity — is not secure.
But we are making important progress.
We've built an army of experts who know election law and are ready to defend it.
We’ve educated our volunteers about what’s at stake, and they persuasively present their positions in legislative hearings and in written public comments. We count you among our troops!
We are briefing officials at the highest levels of government, showing them how new election rules are stifling citizen participation on our elections and successfully persuading them to help.
SPECIAL NOTE: We believe it is likely Rank MI Vote’s ballot proposal will fail to gain the required number of signatures. This is perhaps MFEI’s most noteworthy accomplishment of the year. We were first to the front when supporters of Ranked Choice Voting were launching their plans. Our trained volunteers took the battle to every town hall meeting across Michigan. It was a massive effort entirely from the grassroots level. This one will go down in the history books!
Finally, never forget, Michigan is where many aggressive election tactics are pilot tested before being dissemination across the country. So MFEI’s efforts are magnified, not only securing Michigan, but also MFEI’s work is shielding other states as well.
These battles are not without cost.
Your 2025 year-end gift will also help us gear-up for 2026, a year in which election integrity-committed candidates must be elected up and down the ballot.
In this season of faith, help us secure the blessings of liberty both for ourselves and for our posterity.
Your Friends at Michigan Fair Elections Institute
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