The Metro: Closing the accessibility gap for metro Detroit voters
Some Michiganders will begin casting ballots in the state's Aug. 4 primary election as early as next week, with absentee...
The Metro: Closing the accessibility gap for metro Detroit voters
Some Michiganders will begin casting ballots in the state's Aug. 4 primary election as early as next week, with absentee...
Proof of citizenship to vote ballot initiative nears signature collection
A ballot question aimed at ensuring only U.S. citizens are voting in Michigan elections inched a step closer to gathering...
GOP legislators asks SCOTUS to let them sue over Michigan election rules
A group of Republican state lawmakers is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clear the way for them to challenge...
Civil rights monument unveiled in Detroit reflects on voting rights struggle
The landscape of voting in Michigan has evolved significantly, with expanded early in-person voting, enhanced absentee ballot tracking, and permanent...
Created Equal: Polling locations are largely inaccessible for disabled voters in metro Detroit. Why?
Editor's note: A previously uploaded version of this episode included incorrect audio from an earlier episode about grief and loss.A...
Detroit Evening Report: Nonprofit to host voter registration rally; city solar program on hold and more
Today on the Detroit Evening Report, we cover an upcoming voter registration rally hosted by Cass Community Social Services; Detroit’s...
Trump, GOP challenge Michigan voter registration rule
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign along with the Republican National Committee and the Michigan Republican Party filed a federal lawsuit...
Created Equal: Breaking down the new state House districts in metro Detroit
Just two years into Michigan’s experiment with citizen-drawn maps for the Legislature and Congress, a court-ordered redraw to address gerrymandering...
Redistricting commission chooses new map to submit for court approval
Michigan’s redistricting commission approved a new state House district plan for court review Wednesday. The court had previously struck down...
Created Equal: The right to vote wasn’t included in the Constitution. Why not?
Most Americans view the right to vote and to free and fair elections as fundamental to who we are as...
Created Equal: Should our political maps be drawn based on geography or race?
Michigan’s legislative maps have been drawn — and re-drawn — several times by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission in...
Created Equal: Are voters’ rights at risk if Trump is kept off Colorado ballot?
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this past week in a historic case that could decide whether Donald Trump is...