This term, Senate Republicans unveiled their 39-bill package to address concerns with elections security, operations, and access stemming from the 2020 elections.  Our members on The League's Elections Subcommittee reviewed the bills based on our interpretation of our role as…

The Secretary of State is mailing absent voter ballot applications in advance of the August Election to registered voters in the state. The state will not send absent voter ballot applications to voters on local permanent absent voter ballot application lists, understanding…

The Bureau of Elections has released complete regulations for digital signature collection for collecting and submitting signatures by e-mail as soon as possible. These include the following: There are special blank countywide nominating partisan and countywide nominating non-partisan petitions for use…

This morning, a US District Court Judge Terrence Berg issued a court order that changes the April 21 filing deadline and rules for some candidates. This ruling is in response to a lawsuit filed against the State argued Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home…

By Executive Order 2020-27, Gov. Whitmer will be temporarily suspending the rules and procedures relating to the May 5, 2020 elections so that these elections may be conducted by absent voter ballot to the greatest extent possible. Rules and procedures…