Michigan Elections

Democratic State Senator Kristen McDonald Rivet’s victory in the race for Michigan’s eighth congressional district seat sets up a race for her old state Senate seat.

On Monday, the state of Michigan barred two local election officials in an Upper Peninsula township from administering elections. The officials said they planned to hand count ballots.

With unofficial results from all townships reported, the AP called the GOP race for the 104th district Michigan House seat for incumbent John Roth.

Five millages were on the Kalkaksa primary ballot Aug. 6. Only four passed.

An effort in Lansing could change the way the Electoral College operates. A bill introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives would have the state join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

The Michigan Legislature officially ended its session on Wednesday, leaving a host of priorities for next year.

ElectionReporting.com is a service provided by Kent County at accesskent.com.“For the public for interactive use and understanding the election results down to the precinct level.”Lisa Posthumus Lyons is Kent County Clerk.

Earlier this year the Michigan Secretary of State restricted poll watchers’ credentialing, their communication, and their use of electronic devices in absentee ballot counting facilities.Republican Party representatives challenged that guidance, and a state court invalidated some of its provisions.

“This nation is worth defending.”U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and his Truth and Courage PAC Take Back America Bus Tour rolled into Grand Rapids Wednesday evening making a stop at NOTO’s Old World Italian Dining. That’s where the Texas Republican rallied support for party candidate John Gibbs.A banquet room at capacity with a few hundred Gibbs supporters cheered Cruz’s message.

Michigan has been an abortion rights battleground since June, when the US Supreme Court issued the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe versus Wade.Proposal 3 on the November ballot is an attempt to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.But the issue is more complex than a single up-or-down vote, and the controversy will almost certainly linger past the November election. The Dobbs decision made abortion rights a national controversy that’s playing out state by state in the mid-term elections. Besides Michigan, there are four other states where voters will also decide abortion rights ballot questions.