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LANSING, Mich - Three weeks from an election in which the state will likely play a prominent and potentially deciding role, Michigan has one of the most bloated voter rolls in the nation.
The state currently has 8.4 million registered voters, according to the latest records obtained by Bridge Michigan, nearly 500,000 more than the number of people in the state who are old enough to vote.
It’s the biggest imbalance among Great Lakes states and one of the largest in the nation.
While critics say the inflated rolls are not ideal, no one is suggesting they have contributed to fraud. One major cause of the imbalance: A voter-approved 2018 proposal that automatically registers those 18 and older to vote when applying for a driver license, unless they opt out.
The Republican National Committee sued the state in federal court over the issue in February, demanding the state trim the rolls. The GOP in 2020 filed a similar suit, which was dismissed after thousands were removed from the rolls.
A spokesperson for Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who has been named in multiple lawsuits, said the complaints are part of an effort to sow distrust of elections. Click here to read more.
LANSING, Mich - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Council on Climate Solutions was staffed with people funded by at least one climate advocacy group, according to administration records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.
Whitmer created the council and other departments via Executive Order 2020-182, which was aimed at fulfilling the MI Healthy Climate Plan.
Emails obtained by the nonprofit organization Government Accountability and Oversight show how staffing decisions were coordinated with an activist group in New York.
In June 2019, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel agreed to talk to the New York University Law School State Energy and Environmental Impact Center. The center funds 17 law fellows who serve as special assistant attorneys general in various states, Skip Pruss of the consulting firm 5 Lakes Energy told Nessel’s office in an email.
“State AGs recruit and select their own law fellows. (Although the program is completely transparent and ethical, it may engender backlash),” Pruss wrote to Nessel. “The IC pays all costs associated with its services. Five states have a formal agreement (attached) with the Impact Center for pro bono services - NY, MA, MD, MN, and WA.” Click here to read more.
LITTLE ROCK, AR - Donations for an Arkansas man named Aaron Spencer, 36, poured in online this week, after Spencer was arrested for killing 67-year-old Michael Fosler, whom Spencer found with his missing 14-year-old daughter.
According to a Facebook post from Spencer’s wife, the family had a no-contact order out against Fosler for allegedly stalking their daughter over the summer. Back in July, Fosler was reportedly arrested by another agency for internet stalking of a child and sexual assault.
“This man had a no contact order for stalking/graping (sic) our child,” Heather Spencer said in the Facebook post. “We absolutely called 911 during the entire event. We had no idea this man was in contact with our child again.”
“He was looking at the rest of his pathetic life in jail, and our daughter was the only witness,” the post continued. “We 100% in the moment thought he had taken her to kill her.”
Spencer, who’s been released since posting bond, was arrested on a preliminary charge of first-degree murder, which is a Class Y felony, and booked into Lonoke County Detention Center, Fox News reported this week. Click here to read more. Click here to read more.
DETROIT, Mich - A black voter at a Detroit barbershop said in a segment aired on Fox News Thursday morning that he was backing former President Donald Trump this November, citing high prices and the wider Biden-Harris economy.
Trump has made major inroads with black voters, eating away at Vice President Kamala Harris’ hold on the voting bloc. The voter mentioned prices at the grocery store to justify his vote to “Fox and Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones, noting that buying basic household goods feels like “making a life decision” under the Biden-Harris administration.
“At the end of the day, I’m Trump because my eyes are open. I can see that he was doing a lot better than what we’re going through right now,” one black voter said in the “Fox and Friends” statement. “You can’t even go to the grocery stores right now without making a life decision on what you want to get. You know, you got to compromise. We don’t have to go through that four years ago.”
Since Biden and Harris took office in January 2021, prices rose by over 20%, while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached a high of 9% in June 2022. By comparison, the CPI grew 1.4% year-over-year in January 2021, when Trump left office, while the average price for a gallon of gas was under $2.25, according to GasBuddy.com. Click here to read more.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is suing the Biden-Harris administration over a purported refusal to cooperate with removing illegal aliens from Florida voter rolls.
The lawsuit was announced Thursday by Attorney General Ashley Moody.
“Because the federal government is refusing to comply with these obligations and frustrating Florida’s ability to maintain the integrity of its elections, Florida files this suit,” the filing states.
The development comes as the 2024 election nears and a few weeks after Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd sounded the alarm that the Department of Homeland Security wasn’t cooperating with the state’s attempt to verify immigration statuses of certain individuals on the voter rolls.
In the new lawsuit, Florida declared it “has an obligation to maintain accurate and current voter registration records.” Click here to read more.
