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‘Quality guru’ Johnson remains off August primary ballot after unanimous court ruling
One of the five Republican gubernatorial candidates who were tossed off the August primary ballot last week has lost a key court decision to rescind that decision. The Michigan Court of Appeals unanimously denied a request from businessman Perry Johnson to provide him a path back onto the ballot. Johnson had sought the decision after […]
Detroit activist on her fight against police brutality: ‘We have to continue to protest’
On May 29, 2020, hundreds of protestors demonstrated in Detroit after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed in Minneapolis by local law enforcement, sparking nationwide outrage over racism and police brutality. Nakia Wallace, 25, a founding member of Detroit Will Breathe (DWB), an anti-police brutality community action organization, spoke last week with the Advance […]
State elections board disqualifies 14 candidates for Congress and judiciary
Updated, 4:26 p.m., 6/3/22 The Board of State Canvassers (BSC), which ultimately did not certify petitions for five GOP gubernatorial candidates due to deadlocked votes over petition signature fraud, also voted Thursday on seven congressional candidates and 19 judicial positions. Some of the down-ballot candidates’ petitions were also touched by the fraudulent petition scandal. Most […]
5 Michigan GOP gov. candidates kicked off ballot amid signature fraud scandal
Updated, 5:38 p.m., 5/26/22 with additional comments It was a long, rainy and often contentious day in Lansing’s Boji Tower for Thursday’s Board of State Canvassers (BSC) meeting. Hours of often argumentative testimony — mostly from candidates’ attorneys — resulted in the four-member state panel deadlocking on whether to certify the elections of petitions of […]
Massive signature fraud scandal upends Michigan GOP gubernatorial race
The state Bureau of Elections has recommended that five of the 10 Republican candidates hoping to oust Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should be kicked off the ballot prior to the Aug. 2 primary due to tens of thousands of forged signatures. In total, elections staff identified 36 individual petition circulators who submitted fraudulent petition sheets […]
Carone, Rocha and Alexander among candidates disqualified from running in 2022
Mellissa Carone was disqualified on Tuesday from running in a Republican primary for the Michigan Senate by the Michigan Department of State. Carone, who gained national attention as the star witness in Rudy Giuliani’s mock trial on baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election former President Donald Trump lost before the House Oversight […]
Six GOP candidates for governor say Whitmer should be criminally investigated
Squaring off at their first debate of the 2022 election cycle Thursday, six Republican candidates for governor said that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should be criminally investigated for her handling of nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Right-wing media personality Tudor Dixon, self-described “quality guru” Perry Johnson, businessman Kevin Rinke, chiropractor Garrett Soldano, activist Ryan Kelley […]
Will three Michigan GOP gov. candidates accused of forging signatures make it on the ballot?
After a long two years of disproven conspiracy theories around voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election pushed by far-right Republicans, three GOP gubernatorial candidates are now under the microscope as they face allegations of forged signatures on nominating petitions. As of last month, 10 Republicans filed to run in the Republican August primary. Whoever […]
GOP lawmakers attend anti-abortion luncheon, hail SCOTUS draft opinion
As the nation still grapples with the late Monday news of a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court, which confirms that the court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade, Michigan GOP senators took a break from session Tuesday to partake in a closed luncheon with Right to Life (RTL) of Michigan. RTL has […]
The Michigan candidate filing deadline has passed. Here are the 2022 races to watch.
Updated, 10:44 a.m., 4/21/22 Several Republican candidates for governor descended on the Richard H. Austin Building in Lansing Tuesday to drop off petition signatures necessary to make it onto the August ballot before the deadline to do so. Ten Republicans who hope to face Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in November filed signatures with the Bureau […]