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For Antrim County deputy clerk Annette Marcus, today is her last day on the job. Once she's gone, there will be no one in the Antrim County Clerk’s office who has complete access to the state's Qualified Voter File.

Antrim County’s second-highest elections officer submitted her resignation last Thursday. Deputy Clerk Annette Marcus had assumed many of the election-related duties of the county clerk’s office, after elected clerk Victoria Bishop was barred from certain functions by the state.

Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum says a lawsuit Republicans filed against Lansing election officials could be a warning shot for renewed election denialism ahead of November's midterms.

Several Michigan clerks missed the deadline to mail absentee ballots, despite state laws that require them to be sent to voters at least 40 days before the election — which, for the 2026 midterms, was Sept. 24.

A document obtained by IPR shows Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop made more than a hundred unauthorized changes to the Qualified Voter File, including canceling 58 voter registrations.

After two failed attempts, Bellaire resident Ashley Areeda is submitting four petitions at once, seeking to gather signatures to recall Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop.

According to the report, the state canceled over 300 noncitizen registrations during the observation period. That’s part of a broader set of nearly 1 million defunct registrations that got pulled.

A petition to recall Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop was again denied earlier Monday by the Board of State Canvassers. This is the second recall petition against Bishop that was denied by the board.

Democrat Jocelyn Benson and Republican John James both handily clinched their party's nominations in primary voting on Tuesday.

On this Primary Election Day, we take you to Antrim County, where the county clerk is under investigation for sowing doubt about voter registrations. IPR's Austin Rowlader talks to us from a polling place and updates us on an effort to recall Victoria Bishop.