Michigan Officials Ordered To Halt Election Violations Michigan election officials directed to cease administering elections for planning to breach state law by hand-counting votes. Top News · Oct 30, 2024
Michigan Election Officials Fired for Pushing Pro-Trump Effort to Interfere with Vote Counting Two Michigan election officials have been removed after informing the state's elections director of their plan to hand count the votes due to their mistrust of electronic voting machines. Latin Times · Oct 30, 2024
Canvassers eye big changes to Michigan petition signature review process LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Board of State Canvassers is contemplating changes to the state's rules regarding the review of voter signatures for changing state laws, amending the constitution or a candidate seeking to get on the ballot after a year of record demands on the Bureau of Elections. Tribune News Service · Mar 21, 2023
Voicemails: Trump lawyer, ex-senator sought access to Dominion voting machines in Michigan LANSING, Mich. — A lawyer who said he worked for former President Donald Trump's campaign and a former state senator asked a clerk in Oakland County for access to voting machines in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election, according to two voicemails that were made public for the first… Tribune News Service · Jan 5, 2023
Michigan elections board certifies recounts that upheld ballot proposal victories LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's Board of State Canvassers certified Wednesday the findings of hand recounts that upheld two ballot proposals' victories, with elections director Jonathan Brater saying the reviews showed voting machines had worked properly. Tribune News Service · Dec 22, 2022
Michigan elections director warns against further recount 'disruptions' DETROIT — Michigan Elections Director Jonathan Brater in a Friday letter warned against disruptions at recount locations across the state, citing examples of some challengers overstepping their roles in the recount process and resulting in at least one individual being escorted from a Marquette recount operation. Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday's Michigan election could spark 'unprecedented' fights over ballots, canvassing DETROIT — Battles over voter registration, absentee ballots and election equipment are expected to intensify Tuesday in Michigan two years after supporters of former Republican President Donald Trump lodged a months-long campaign challenging the results of the presidential election. Tribune News Service · Nov 8, 2022
Michigan clerks who gave away tabulators risk ability to run elections, letters show LANSING, Mich. — Michigan clerks who handed over voting tabulators to aid investigations into unproven claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election could lose their ability to administer future elections unless they confirm they've stopped allowing unauthorized access to equipment. Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022
Board of canvassers deadlocks, blocking 5 candidates for governor from ballot LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's Board of State Canvassers deadlocked 2-2 Thursday, keeping, for now, five GOP candidates for governor who were entangled in an alleged wave of petition forgeries off the August primary ballot. Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022