Jocelyn Benson

People running for office in Michigan could use campaign funds to pay for child care, under bills re-introduced by Democratic lawmakers.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says her office is working to make the process of removing people from the state’s voter registration list more transparent. Benson wants community members to double check a soon-to-be released list of cancelled voter registrations.

Democrats in Michigan had considerable success in last week’s election, winning the top three statewide offices and gaining full control of the legislature for the first time in nearly 40 years.Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told members of the women’s equality organization ‘Supermajority’ that reforms put in place by Michigan voters in 2018 drove the high turnout rate this year.

Michigan's Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, is issuing election guidance ahead of tomorrow's primary election.

Absentee ballot requests for Michigan's upcoming primary elections are outpacing the 2018 cycle by hundreds of thousands.

The money would be used to upgrade election equipment and for training election workers and poll watchers. Amid conspiracy theories after the 2020 election, threats have had a chilling effect for administrators, the Secretary of State said.

17 months after the 2020 presidential election, the results are still a hot topic of conspiracies for some Republican candidates.

State officials say they’re looking into whether people who tried flip the results of the 2020 presidential election in Michigan broke any laws.

Municipal elections are taking place across Michigan today. Last year, a contentious presidential election led to many supporters of former President Donald Trump refusing to accept those results.