absentee ballots

The deadline for online and mailed voter registration for the Battle Creek May 4 election is just days away.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson wants to set your election results expectations appropriately. Benson is telling Bridge Magazine it could be Friday before all Michigan votes are counted.

The Michigan Secretary of State's Office reports more than half the registered voters in Michigan have cast their ballots. They went with an absentee ballot and theirs are already returned by mail or hand-delivered.

The ruling also puts a stop to the administration’s plans to allow third parties from gathering ballots to deliver to election clerks. That activity is known as “ballot harvesting” and is expressly disallowed by existing state law.

Michigan Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens is ruling the Republican-controlled Michigan State Legislature may intervene in a case she ruled on last month.

The Judge is ruling that the Secretary of State has overriding authority over the state election system and whoever is in that position can pretty much do whatever they want when it comes to managing elections and voting.

What do you think will happen this November?

Herein lies the weak link...

Area State Representative Julie Calley thinks she has at least part of the answer to helping small communities handle the expected huge increase in absentee ballot issues this year

Two Michigan members of the National Federation of the Blind believe Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson should be held in contempt of court.