Michigan Secretary of State

Flint's city clerk is defending her office’s handling of absentee ballot applications ahead of the next month’s primary election.This month, the ACLU…

More than 1.8 million Michiganders have requested absentee ballots, about two weeks before the August 4 primary.607,079 absentee ballots have already been…

Many Michigan voters plan to stay home for the August primary, but they're still planning to vote.Clerks around the state have already received more than…

A new state policy makes it faster and easier for people to get a Michigan ID or driver’s license that matches their gender identity.Michigan Secretary of…

A package of three bills (H.B. 4486, H.B. 4775, and H.B. 4776) would change how an optional state park entrance fee is paid when Michiganders apply to…

The passage of Proposal 3 last November means any registered voter in the state can now request an absentee ballot. It seems like Michigan residents are…

Michigan voters are free to take a picture of their ballot before they leave a voting booth.Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has settled a 2016 lawsuit…

Michigan’s Secretary of State says it’s time to modernize her department’s 131 branch offices.Jocelyn Benson spent the past few months visiting each…

Local Secretary of State offices around Michigan and the department’s online services will be getting a major computer upgrade this weekend.After the…

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson plans to challenge a new law that could make it tougher to collect signatures to initiate legislation or ballot…