Board of State Canvassers

Two campaigns to amend the Michigan Constitution face a critical test Wednesday. One would expand voting rights, and the other would add an abortion-rights amendment to the constitution. A state panel will determine whether they’ve gathered enough signatures to get on the November ballot.

Michigan elections officials — with a new member in the group — are evaluating whether a pair of constitutional amendments should appear on the November ballot.

An update on the State Board of Canvassers' hearing to decide which candidates will appear on the August primary ballot.Then we hear from GOP gubernatorial candidate and Michigan State Police Captain Mike Brown who has withdrawn from the race.And then two discussions about the recently released Federal investigation on Native Boarding Schools and their deadly legacy.

The Board of State Canvassers deadlocked on each candidate. That means the candidates will have to go to court if they want to get on the ballot.

The board approved petition forms for seven efforts. Among the approved campaigns was an effort to decriminalize so-called “magic mushrooms” and other psychoactive plants. The statewide proposal is similar to rules in place in Detroit and Washtenaw County.

The board does not cast votes on the petitions themselves; its job is to review the summaries to make sure they're accurate descriptions of the petitions' full text.

A deadlocked Board of State Canvassers stood its ground at a meeting Monday in the face of a pending Michigan Supreme Court decision.

The National Popular Vote ballot initiative seeks to award Michigan’s electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote in a presidential election.

The Board of State Canvassers will consider two petitions Monday, both related to Governor Gretchen Whitmer's use of emergency powers during the…

Michigan's elections bureau says a group failed to collect enough petitions to put veto-proof legislation before the Republican-led Legislature that would…