Hayley Harding, Votebeat

New House GOP leaders signal focus on 'election integrity.' Said one lawmaker: 'We don’t need a lot of fraud to want to prevent it.'

More than 1 in 5 Michigan voters cast their ballots early and in-person in November. State data shows the new option was especially popular with older voters, but they weren't alone.

Legislators are looking to eliminate incentives to falsify signatures or lie to would-be signers.

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office said it may appeal the decision in St. Clair Shores involving two deputy election clerks. A man charged with voting absentee and in person will face trial.

The bills seek to expand and secure voting rights, but clerks worry about the additional burden they would cause.

New laws allowed clerks to start processing ballots sooner, but some things just take time.

Don’t fall for misinformation about the state’s elections. Here are the facts.

Why are some areas like Oakland County so fast to post election results, while neighbors in Wayne and Macomb counties are so much slower? We have answers.

Experts caution that noncitizen voting is generally rare. State officials vow to take any cases seriously.

The legislation aims to fill gaps in federal law, but clerks worry it could add to the costs and burdens they already face with fast-changing rules.

Michigan officials signal that they won’t tolerate a repeat of 2020, when challengers gathered outside a Detroit ballot-counting center and banged on the windows.

The ACLU of Michigan agreed to drop a lawsuit against Kalamazoo County canvasser Robert Froman after he swore to fulfill his duty to certify the November election.

A Kalamazoo County canvasser claims the 2020 election was stolen. The ACLU wants a judicial order reminding him he must follow his legal obligations to certify the 2024 election — or face consequences.

Officials say that four St. Clair Shores voters flagged for voting twice did not intend to cast two separate ballots in the August primary.

Pre-processing absentee ballots means faster results. Why isn’t every Michigan clerk trying it?

Double voting is rare, but Macomb County officials say they caught it four times in Michigan’s August primary.

A Macomb County clerk facing charges, self-proclaimed ‘constitutional sheriff’ and northern Michigan wife of a conspiracy theorist all cruised to victory in Republican primaries.

In all, about a quarter of voters were expected to participate in the primary, down from 2022 and 2020. ‘Most people are just ready for November,’ one clerk says.

‘Crossover’ voting between parties on the same ballot isn’t allowed in the Michigan primary. Many voters do it anyway.

A voter check-in outage complicated the start of Michigan’s new early voting period. But the state says it has a fix.