Voting in Michigan is about to undergo unprecedented changes, and among those changes will be the option of at least nine days of in-person early voting. What that looks like to voters will depend on where in the state they live.  The House and Senate both passed legislation Wednesday that lays out how it will […]

Voting in Michigan is about to undergo unprecedented changes, and among those changes will be the option of at least nine days of in-person early voting. What that looks like to voters will depend on where in the state they live. The House and Senate passed legislation Wednesday that allows municipal and county governments to […]

Michigan’s Democratic-led House Elections Committee voted 6-2 along party lines Tuesday to advance legislation that would commit the state to awarding its electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote. House Bills 4156 and 4440, both sponsored by Rep. Carrie Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor), would add Michigan’s 15 Electoral College votes to the National Popular Vote […]

The child of Nigerian immigrants, Aghogho Edevbie grew up enjoying a level of democracy that his parents could only dream of. That appreciation of his rights as a U.S. citizen, especially the right to vote, has infused the work of the longtime Detroit voting rights activist and lawyer, who was earlier this year named Michigan’s […]

Advocates for a more transparent government in Michigan have been waiting years for movement on legislation to expand public records access and improve state ethics laws. They are still waiting. Democratic officials who took power in Lansing in January have long voiced support for transparency reform measures like expanding the scope of the Freedom of […]

Lansing (April 26th, 2023) – Earlier this month, Voters Not Politicians announced that they are traveling across the state for a “Campaign Finance Reform Town Hall Tour.” In the email announcement, the group stated that they aim to hear from voters about “the danger that money in politics poses to our democracy” and bring Michiganders into […]

LANSING — A national push to guarantee U.S. presidents are elected by popular vote is gaining momentum in Michigan, where the Democratic Party and a powerful coalition of voter rights groups are backing previously-stalled legislation.  Those groups — including the ACLU of Michigan, Voters Not Politicians and the state’s League of Women Voters — have helped overhaul […]

By NANCY WANG – DAVID DALEY It’s been decades since we could say this. But in Michigan this November, voters, not politicians, were the real winners on Election Day. That sounds pretty basic. Elections are supposed to be about determining the will of the people, and the side with the most support should win. Our elections for Congress […]

The 2022 midterm elections featured a number of competitive congressional and legislative races across the state, from Traverse City to Midland and from Grand Rapids to Downriver. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who won reelection by 11 points, will enter her second term with a 56-54 Democratic majority in the House and a 20-18 Democratic upper hand in […]