Hayley Harding

Hayley Harding

Reporter, Votebeat

Hayley Harding is a Detroit-based reporter who has covered government and the people who run it at all levels. She covers voting and election administration in Michigan. Before that, she was a data journalist on The Detroit News’ investigations team, where she covered population trends, social problems, and more. She has worked for the Idaho Statesman in Boise and for the Salisbury Daily Times in Salisbury, Maryland. A Michigander by birth, Hayley graduated from Ohio University.

Lists of noncitizens are prone to error, and comparing them to the voter rolls can lead to false positives.

It’s the process that keeps ballots secure. When it’s not maintained, voters can be disenfranchised.

The ruling affirms the result of the Michigan city’s close mayoral race but may not resolve the dispute.

Her lawsuit also provides more alleged details about the 37 disputed ballots that could decide the Hamtramck mayoral election.

Muhith Mahmood lost the mayoral election by just six votes.

The federal government doesn’t usually intervene in election administration, and the GOP request was vague about what it envisioned.

The Michigan city had an unusually high number of mail ballots that needed extra signature checks.

GOP county canvassers raise security concerns about the office where the ballots were found.

Should a pivotal batch of ballots be counted, even after a potential security breach?

County canvassers raise questions after absentee ballots were stored in the wrong type of container.