Insider Intelligence

If you have been reading this Q&A series on campaign finance and election law, congratulations you’ve made it to the last segment in the series!  We hope that you’ve found the information helpful and informative.  If you haven’t read the previous three segments (series 1, series 2, series 3), then you’ll find it helpful to […]

Governor Rick Snyder has called for a special election to fill the 4th Senate District Seat, which was left vacant following the resignation of former State Senator Virgil Smith.  The special primary election will be held on August 2, 2016 and the special general election will be held on November 8, 2016.  The winner of […]

In this third installment of MLC’s campaign and election law Q&A series, we have very timely questions submitted by our MLC Insider Intelligence readers: Q:  I heard that there are recall efforts taking place against the Governor and several state Senators.  What is the recall process? A:  At the time of answering this question, recall […]

Welcome to the second segment in a four part series were MLC answers your campaign finance and election law questions.  In last week’s kick off to the series, the focus was predominately on campaign finance questions.  This week, we’ll start to address some common election law questions. Q:  When will I know the final field […]

As we’re getting closer to the state and federal general election, the MLC team is often asked a considerable number of campaign finance and election law questions.  Over the past two years, and even the past two months for that matter, there have been significant changes in both areas of law.  In an effort to […]

This week, the Board of State Canvassers approved a petition seeking to recall Governor Rick Snyder due to his handling of the Flint water crisis.  A recall petition filed against Senator Jim Stamas (R-Midland) for his affirmative vote on the infrastructure funding package was also approved.  The board considered a third petition filed against Lt. […]

On Tuesday, special general elections were held in three House Districts to fill vacant seats.  It is anticipated that the new members will officially be sworn into office next week, once the election results have been certified. Winning the election for the 75th House District was Democratic candidate David LaGrand.  Representative-elect LaGrand resides in Grand […]

Last night, in addition to the Democratic and Republican Presidential Primary races, three Michigan House Districts held  special general elections to fill vacancies. Below you will find the unofficial results, with the winner of each special general election in bold. They will serve partial terms, ending January 1, 2017. It is anticipated that these House members […]