A Michigan Court of Claims judge has ruled against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in a lawsuit challenging a portion of ...

If upheld by the court, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson would be forced to roll back her acceptance of out-of-state voters.

POLITICS: State Court of Appeals rules Benson overstepped authority; lawmakers debate Michigan’s economic development ...

Guidance from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says absentee ballots with mismatched or missing identifying numbers can be counted as challenged ballots. The court struck that down.

A spokesperson for Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson called the lawsuit the latest attempt by the RNC to “spread distrust in ...

The Michigan Court of Claims ruled that election inspectors may not count absentee ballots if the identifying numbers on the ...

After Wayne County election officials dealt a blow to his mayoral campaign, Hamtramck City Council member Muhith Mahmood is hoping that absentee ballots with missing or mismatched signatures can be ...

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan’s free newsletter here. The Wayne County Board of ...

Bridgeport City Councilman Alfredo Castillo was arrested for the fourth time Wednesday on a charge of illegally possessing a woman’s absentee ballot in the recent election. Castillo, in the company of ...

Ohio lawmakers passed a bill requiring mail-in ballots to be received by Election Day to be counted. The bill also includes a provision to automatically cancel voter registrations of suspected ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTVG) — Ohio is moving to eliminate the state’s absentee ballot grace period. Currently, as long as ballots are postmarked in the mail by the day before election day, they can be ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Editor's note: This story was originally published by the Ohio Capital Journal and was republished under Creative Common license. Ohio lawmakers voted Wednesday to shorten the ...