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Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the date of special elections to fill the vacancies in two Senate Districts. A special primary election will be held on August 3, 2021 and the special general election will be held on November 2, 2021. Candidates have until April 20, 2021 to file to run for the seats in the […]

This week Governor Gretchen Whitmer made two appointments to the State Board of Canvassers, which consists of four members, two from each major political party, who are nominated by their state central committee. The Board is responsible for certifying results for statewide elections, elections for legislative districts that cross county lines, and all judicial officials […]

This past Monday, the Department of State, in cooperation with county and local election officials, began the process of conducting the statewide risk-limiting audit of the November 2020 general election. The first step in the process involves using a random number, generated by rolling 20 ten-sided dice, to plug into the auditing software to randomly […]

With eight weeks to go until the general election, more than 2.1 million Michigan voters have requested absentee ballots. That surpasses the total number of absentee ballots requested for the August primary of 2 million. Of those requested for November, 1.7 million requests have been submitted since August 5. For your personal voter information, please […]

Through the general election on November 3, the MLC Blog will be highlighting races generally considered swing seats, ones either party could win because of the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District The 8th U.S. House District includes Ingham and Livingston Counties and a portion of Oakland County. Commentary […]

Through the general election on November 3, the MLC Blog will be highlighting races generally considered swing seats, ones either party could win because of the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District The 7th US House District includes Branch, Eaton, Hillsdale, Jackson, Lenawee, and Monroe Counties and a portion […]

Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced a partnership for the November 3 general election. Collaboratively they will work to recruit and train additional staff and election workers, open 14 new satellite clerk offices, and provide additional support tabulating absentee ballots. The partnership has the support of Wayne County Executive […]

Through the general election on November 3, the MLC Blog will be highlighting races generally considered swing seats, ones either party could win because of the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District The 6th U.S. House District is located in lower Southwest Michigan. It includes Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, St […]