Board of State Canvassers

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has set an August 1 hearing date for recall petitions against a handful of Michigan House Democrats. The lawmakers, Reps. Betsy Coffia, Sharon MacDonell, Jennifer Conlin, Reggie Miller, and Jaime Churches, represent competitive areas ranging from northern Michigan to downriver from Detroit.

The board cast a unanimous 4-0 vote to certify. The meeting was not as raucous or noisy as the one finalizing the one finalizing 2020 presidential election.

The votes have been counted, but they’re still not official. County boards have begun the process of certifying Michigan's November election results.

Michigan officials are trying to get ahead of misinformation by explaining the process of certifying elections ahead of next month’s midterms.

A letter sent Wednesday from Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office says members of state boards who ignore their legal responsibilities won’t get state legal assistance.

The week in political news, including Board of State Canvassers holding two petition drives off the ballot, and a recap of the state GOP convention.

On today's show, we heard more about yesterday's Board of State Canvassers meeting which denied two ballot petitions from going on the ballot. Then, a historian tells the story of Hamtramck, and an IPR feature explores carbon credits in Michigan. Plus, a doctor tells her story of seeking a late-term, out-of-state abortion.

Two campaigns to amend the Michigan Constitution face a critical test Wednesday. One would expand voting rights, and the other would add an abortion-rights amendment to the constitution. A state panel will determine whether they’ve gathered enough signatures to get on the November ballot.

Michigan elections officials — with a new member in the group — are evaluating whether a pair of constitutional amendments should appear on the November ballot.

An update on the State Board of Canvassers' hearing to decide which candidates will appear on the August primary ballot.Then we hear from GOP gubernatorial candidate and Michigan State Police Captain Mike Brown who has withdrawn from the race.And then two discussions about the recently released Federal investigation on Native Boarding Schools and their deadly legacy.