Ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans are attempting to strike down a decades-old Michigan law that allows the spouses and children of overseas Michigan voters to cast their ballots in the state, even if they have never lived there, as long as they are U.S. citizens.

The Michigan Republican Party, Michigan Township of Chesterfield clerk Cindy Berry, and the Republican National Committee filed suit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Nov. 18 over an “unconstitutional and unlawful” violation of the state’s constitution.

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Michigan lets spouses and dependents of Michigan voters living overseas also vote absentee, even if they’ve never lived in Michigan themselves.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will soon be in her final year in office, and a crowded field of candidates have stepped in to stake their claim as the state’s next executive.  There is a deep bench of candidates from both parties,

Congressman John Moolenaar led Michigan Republicans in demanding Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson comply with the Department of Justice’s request for unredacted access to the

Republican legislators ask Attorney General Bondi for monitors, noting controversies involving Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

Twenty-one Republican legislators in Michigan have sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting the U.S. Department of Justice oversee the state's primary and general elections next year.

Despite President Donald Trump's recent pardons, state-level prosecution of 2020 election interference cases can continue.