Michigan court upholds mass mailing of absentee ballot applications
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A Michigan state appeals court on Wednesday upheld the right of Michigan's top election official to send unsolicited absentee ballot applications to all of the state's registered voters.
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Appeals court: Mass mailing of absent ballot applications OK
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's mass mailing of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to millions of 2020 voters was deemed legal by Michigan's appeals court, which ruled Wednesday she had “inherent” authority to act under a 2018 constitutional amendment expanding voting rights.The court upheld a lower ...
Michigan court upholds mass mailing of absentee ballot applications
A Michigan state appeals court on Wednesday upheld the right of Michigan's top election official to send unsolicited absentee ballot applications to all of the state's registered voters.
Michigan appeals court: SOS Benson’s mass mailing of absent ballot applications OK
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s mass mailing of unsolicited absentee ballot applications to millions of 2020 voters was deemed legal by Michigan’s appeals court.
Gorbea: I’ll send out a mail-ballot application to every R.I. voter
PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea plans to send mail-ballot applications unsolicited to close to 700,000 registered Rhode Island voters ahead of the November election. At a live-streamed press conference in the state library, she said she does not believe she needs legislative approval or an executive order from the governor to go ahead on her own. TO OUR READERS: This content is being provided for free as a public...
Michigan Court Strikes Down GOP Voter Suppression Scheme
A Michigan state appeals court has upheld a plan by the state’s top election official, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, to send an application for an absentee ballot to every registered voter in the state. Some on the right, including President Donald Trump, have complained about the steps that election officials around the country have […]
