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This year, more than 7 million Michigan residents are registered to vote, and midterm election turnout is expected to be the highest in years.But what…

Some voting rights and civic engagement groups are calling on Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson to release a plan about how her office will provide…

Absentee ballots will start arriving in Michigan mailboxes in the next few weeks. One county clerk is predicting confusion.Genesee County Clerk John…

Today on Stateside, Governor Rick Snyder announced he's striking a question about past felony convictions from some state job and license applications.…

Michigan voters will decide a ballot question in November that would open up the voting process.The state Board of Canvassers certified the “Promote the…

A federal appeals court restored a law Wednesday that bans Michigan voters from checking a single box to vote for all of a party's candidates.That means…

A federal judge says a Republican-sponsored law to ban straight ticket voting in Michigan discriminates against African-American voters.In his decision…

A federal judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit over Michigan's ban on straight-party voting.The decision Friday means Judge Gershwin Drain will hold a…

A federal judge says some Michigan lawmakers must sit for interviews about a law that bans straight-party voting.The questions will be limited to what…

I was a little surprised when Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette appealed the decision striking down the ban on straight-ticket voting to the U.S.…