📰 Benson says Michigan won’t comply with Justice Department demand for voter data — #MichiganPublic

#JocelynBenson, #Michigan Secretary of State, protects #Michiganian private voting data, refusing to share it with the federal government.

https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2025-10-24/benson-says-michigan-wont-comply-with-justice-department-demand-for-voter-data

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Benson says Michigan won’t comply with Justice Department demand for voter data

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says the federal government does not have a right to voter data it’s seeking in a lawsuit.

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Maybe nobody asked, but the demonym for Michigan residents should be #Michiganian, NOT #Michigander.
@Edelruth @RickiTarr That may be the case for residents of other states as well. The solution is clear: Make those rights national by enacting federal laws that support them. (My opinion as a #Michiganian.)
I’m a die hard #Michiganian living in a strange Alabama RollTide land. But rest assured no matter where I am. I will always and forever be a #WolverinesFan. #GoBlue

#news #breakingnews #socialmedia

Hi all. I joined Mastodon in November of 2022, during the first major exodus from the Bird Site. I never really introduced myself, though, so here is my #Introduction:

I am a technical writer by vocation and a photographer by avocation. I am a reformed Catholic (aka "an atheist"). I used to be a right-leaning independent, but the right has moved so far to the right that I guess I'm a leftist, now.

Oh: And I live in the Midwestern United States. And while this old man really doesn't know his way around the fediverse, I'm doing the best that I can.

That covers the basics, I think. Glad to see the renewed interest in Mastodon, and I'm looking forward to interacting with y'all!

#Photographer #TechnicalWriter #Atheist #Woke #Progressive #FormerCatholic #Midwesterner #Michiganian #Wisconsinite #Yooper #MTUGrad #MusicLover #Humanist #ProudUncle

@shel thank you for the warm welcome! Always good to encounter a fellow #michigander. Or is it #michiganian?