voter suppression

Today, a conversation with Melissa Isaac, head of the Indigenous Education Initiative for the Michigan Department of Education, who discovered a ballot error for voters living on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Indian Reservation while running as an incumbent for a school board position.

Observing and challenging election irregularities at polling sites is a process laid out in Michigan law. But voting-rights advocates are concerned some challengers will take things too far.

The state Senate elections committee is prepared to take up some voting reform bills Tuesday.Republicans introduced 39 bills they claim are in response to…