Keep our Republic Executive Director Ari Mittelman and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson at a Sept. 19, 2024 panel on election safeguards hosted in Ann Arbor. | Kyle Davidson
As part of a push from the nonpartisan group Keep Our Republic to demystify the election process, key elections officials from Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona gathered at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor to outline the laws and procedures keeping their elections secure.
Following an introduction by Keep our Republic Executive Director Ari Mittelman and Pillars of the Community Co-Chair Ben Ginsberg, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson kicked off the panel by discussing safeguards in Michigan to prevent ineligible voters from casting their ballot.
Michigan’s first layer of security is its voter registration process, Benson explained, noting that the vast majority of Michiganders are registered to vote automatically when visiting secretary of state branch offices.