Michigan GOP Launches Attack On Overseas Voters Before Midterm Elections
Source: Huff Post
Nov 25, 2025, 01:34 PM EST
Ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans are attempting to strike down a decades-old Michigan law that allows the spouses and children of overseas Michigan voters to cast their ballots in the state, even if they have never lived there, as long as they are U.S. citizens. If successful, the lawsuit would affect military families whose last U.S. residence was in Michigan.
It aims to change how the state counts votes prior to the June date on which absentee ballots are mailed out — in plenty of time to impact the 2026 midterms — and comes amid a wider assault on voting rights by Republicans nationwide. However, a similar lawsuit filed ahead of the 2024 presidential election was tossed out just before Election Day. A Michigan appellate court affirmed the decision to toss the case in August.
In the current suit, Michigan Republicans argue that permitting people who have never physically resided in Michigan to vote there violates the state constitution. Proponents of the law say that it makes the most sense to have American citizens’ votes count in the state they have ties to, even if they haven’t yet lived there.
The complaint was filed on Friday by the Republican National Committee and Michigan Republican Party, according to Democracy Docket, a progressive news site dedicated to voting rights. A spokesperson for Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, said Tuesday that the secretary of state has yet to receive it.
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The GOP is STILL trying to cheat. They refuse to admit that people are rejecting their nonsense.
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