LANSING - An inaccurate claim, apparently started by a Chicago-area conservative author and picked up by a number of Michigan residents on social media, asserted that 60 percent of Michigan counties report more registered voters than residents, a charge easily refuted by looking at voter data and state population data. The claim was initially made
WASHINGTON DC - Not every US election official is giving the Department of Homeland Security a vote of confidence for cybersecurity. The Senate intelligence committee hosted an open hearing on Wednesday to discuss cybersecurity for elections. DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and former secretary Jeh Johnson both testified. The committee asked the DHS to explain what
EAST LANSING - There is no evidence that indicates systematic tampering or hacking of voting machines, or conspiracy or fraud among election officials, resulted in vote tallies altered to favor the Republican candidate in Michigan in 2016, experts at the consulting firm Anderson Economic Group LLC reported this week. Anderson Economic Group also reported there
LANSING - Michigan House Republicans on Wednesday voted for legislation requiring most people in the state to show photo identification to vote in an effort to bring "integrity" to elections in the state, while Democrats voting against the measure argued it would disproportionally affect people of color, add barriers to those trying to exercise a
