The Michigan Supreme Court said it did not have the power to force canvassers to put the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Michigan’s voter roll is mostly clean heading into the 2026 midterms, but the state auditor general identified a small number of potential noncitizens.
If approved, the amendment would give Michigan one of the strictest proof-of-citizenship requirements in the country.
The Michigan Supreme Court said it did not have the power to force canvassers to put the proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot.
Michigan’s voter roll is mostly clean heading into the 2026 midterms, but the state auditor general identified a small number of potential noncitizens.
If approved, the amendment would give Michigan one of the strictest proof-of-citizenship requirements in the country.
City officials said the ballots were received on time, but they were never logged in the state’s voter database.
The state Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal, meaning the lower court’s ruling to count the ballots stands.
The announcement comes as Michigan and other states have come under increased scrutiny from the Trump administration.
Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop still faces a number of other controversies.
Election officials said the monitors were polite and unobtrusive, just as they have been in past years.
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Election officials and experts say the letters look more like pressure than prosecution.
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A federal court upheld a decision that Michigan did not need to turn over its unredacted voter rolls to the Department of Justice.
The bipartisan bills are the first election legislation to be signed into law this session.
Republican Victoria Bishop says she has a mandate to clean the county’s voter rolls, but the state has warned her repeatedly not to do so.
The Department of Homeland Security is looking into Clerk Anthony Forlini’s claims that noncitizens voted in Michigan elections.
A police report says Antrim County clerk’s husband was alone in the clerk’s office.