Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance In the packed gymnasium of Detroit’s Renaissance High School, the Michigan Democratic ticket rallied alongside former president Barack Obama on Saturday, asking supporters to bring their friends, family and neighbors to the polls. With 10 days until the election, the candidates and officials emphasized the importance …
Read More »Election Officials At Senate Hearing Describe Threats, Spread Of Misinformation
Kira Lerner, Virginia Mercury Democrats on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday explored how to combat violent threats lodged against election officials, while Republicans questioned why the Department of Justice isn’t doing more to investigate threats against crisis pregnancy centers and Supreme Court justices. During a hearing on protecting …
Read More »Michigan Republicans Seek Election Law Changes After 2020 Losses
On Wednesday, Michigan Senate Republicans unveiled 39 wide-ranging bills to alter state election laws. The bills target areas like absentee ballots and voter qualifications, which were the focus of former President Donald Trump’s campaign to overturn his 2020 defeat. Trump lost Michigan by 3 percentage points or 154,000 votes, but the effort …
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