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The Goodwin Statue sits across from the Multi-Ethnic Resource Center on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, at the University of Minnesota-Morris campus. Duane Goodwin carved the traditional Anishinaabe stone statue. (Ellen Schmidt/The Minnesota Daily via AP)

Michigan Dems’ land acknowledgment stumbles at state convention

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed Speaks at a General Election Kickoff Rally for Michigan Demcrats at Renaissance High School Friday, Aug. 7, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Democrats in Michigan urge voters to rally behind candidates after bitter primary fights

By Jacqueline Ganun - Associated Press

Luis Gil, a Republican candidate for Franklin County Commissioner in central Ohio, speaks in favor of a constitutional amendment on fall ballots that would prohibit noncitizen voting at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, on, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth, File)

State officials tout voter roll cleanups after 2020 election, clash over noncitizen voting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he is suspending his presidential campaign at a news conference Friday, Aug 23, 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb, File)

Michigan Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr.’s bid to withdraw from state ballot

By Isabella Volmert - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Oct. 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. In a filing made Monday, Oct. 30, Trump is asking a court to prevent Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson from leaving his name off the 2024 primary ballot. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump asks court to prevent Michigan secretary of state from leaving his name off 2024 ballot

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Rampant Voter Fraud Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Clean voter rolls are essential to free and fair elections

By Ken Blackwell

Illustration on the voter rolls in Michigan by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Michigan’s voter rolls are filled with nearly 26,000 dead registrants

By J. Christian Adams

Appointment-only visits to secretary of state here to stay

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2020, file photo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks in Detroit. Michigan's 250 audits around the state of the 2020 general election found that it was was secure and accurate, Secretary of State Benson said during a news conference Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Michigan official: Audits show state had a secure election

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS - Associated Press

A ballot drop box is shown where voters can drop off absentee ballots instead of using the mail in Detroit Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan election head: Drop off absentee ballot, don’t mail

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. Benson's mass mailing of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to millions of 2020 voters was deemed legal by Michigan's appeals court. Judges ruled 2-1 Wedneday, Sept. 16, 2020, that she has &quot;inherent&quot; authority to act under a 2018 constitutional amendment expanding voting rights. The court upheld a lower judge's decision. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)

Appeals court: Mass mailing of absent ballot applications OK

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Judge boots challenge to mass mailing of ballot applications

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks to members of the press at her polling location, Pasteur Elementary School, during primary election day Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020 in Detroit. (Nicole Hester/Mlive.com/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Record 2.5M voted in primary; Benson pushes for legislation

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks at a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Benson said Wednesday, July 29, 2020, that a sharp increase in the number of people voting by mail because of the pandemic could slow vote counting in the August primary and November general election. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Large numbers of mail-in ballots could slow vote counting

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks at a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Michigan's top election official said Tuesday, May, 19, 2020, that absentee ballot applications will be mailed to all 7.7 million registered voters for the August primary and November general election. Benson said the step — announced as the state continues to confront the coronavirus pandemic — ensures no one &quot;has to to choose between their health and their right to vote.&quot; (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Benson: Voters need clear choices of how to vote in pandemic

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

A worker processes mail-in ballots at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Doylestown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Mail-in voting could turn Election Day into Election Week

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

A worker processes mail-in ballots at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Doylestown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Will mail-in voting turn Election Day into Election Week?

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks at a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Michigan's top election official said Tuesday, May, 19, 2020, that absentee ballot applications will be mailed to all 7.7 million registered voters for the August primary and November general election. Benson said the step — announced as the state continues to confront the coronavirus pandemic — ensures no one &quot;has to to choose between their health and their right to vote.&quot; (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Michigan mails absentee ballot applications to all voters

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Angela Beauchamp fills out an absentee ballot at City Hall in Garden City, Mich., Tuesday, May 5, 2020. People in about 50 Michigan communities are participating in largely mail-based local elections that might be a blueprint for the presidential battleground state in November. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Michigan communities holding largely mail-based elections

By DAVID EGGERT and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER - Associated Press

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks at a news conference about election security and later-than-typical results being expected in the state's presidential primary next week on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at the Romney Building in Lansing, Mich. Benson said clerks will face challenges because it is the first major election since voters approved a ballot initiative authorizing no-reason absentee voting and registration through Election Day. (AP Photo/David Eggert)

Michigan: Presidential primary count to be later than normal

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press