CRITICAL details have come out about the petition to require proof of citizenship to vote thanks to our first select committee hearing. Not only did the State Board of Canvassers claim that some signatures didn't qualify — they WITHHELD THE EVIDENCE from the Michigan staff of Americans for Citizen Voting, who had outside handwriting expertise and an audit performed on their procedures to make it stronger. That's right. 700k Michiganders signed this petition (200k+ than necessary), the BOC denied they were valid, and then said "just trust us." @ForAcv

Sexual assault victims deserve the full protection of the law. We passed a new plan to strengthen the law and punish some of the state's worst criminals. “These bills are to protect victims. Victims of sexual assault, victims of sexual predators, and sending a clear message that those kinds of criminal conduct will be punished." Our bills passed out of the House establish MANDATORY MINIMUM sentencing for first-, second-, and third-degree counts of sexual assault.

🚨PASSED: After BANNING politicians from becoming lobbyists, we have passed another facet of the Hall Ethics, Accountability, & Transparency plan that bans politicians from negotiating for jobs with handouts to special interests who raise the cost of our electric bills when they're supposed to be working for us. Sponsored by Rep. Parker Fairbairn, the bills will help erase conflicts of interest between legislators and green energy companies that get cash grants, PROTECTING RATEPAYERS and making government more honest.

The Bureau of Elections & State Board of Canvassers slow-walked the certification for ensuring ONLY CITIZENS VOTE in Michigan, denied it, and then said it was "too late" for important evidence that could have put the petition on the ballot. We are going to get to the bottom of how this happened, why this happened, and give people access to expert testimony through our select committee to see how broken the system is and how we can fix it.

The Michigan Citizens Only Voting petition turned in hundreds of thousands of extra signatures, got signed affidavits at the drop of a hat, did a third-party audit of its procedures, & more. When a ballot petition can jump through every hoop and still be shut down on party lines, that's a sign that the system needs reform. That's what our select committee is here for. This cannot happen to the people of Michigan again.

🚨BREAKING: DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO CONDEMN SOCIALISM🚨 Over 65% of House Dems just voted AGAINST our resolution condemning socialism. This is America. Not Mao's China. Not the Soviet Union. And we're going to keep it that way.

“It's the whole attitude about whether government is really there to facilitate democracy or to stand in the way." Our select committee heard testimony for the first time this week, starting with the Michigan Citizens Only Voting petition chair. The committee is determined to get to the bottom of how 700k voices were silenced, and how we can improve the broken systems within the Bureau of Elections and the State Board of Canvassers. wemu.org/michigan-news/2026-…

Jocelyn Benson's Bureau of Elections is showing a pattern: fast track Democrat-leaning proposals, and find every possible roadblock for Republican-leaning ideas. The Michigan Citizens Only Voting​​ petition had over 200k more signatures than required. They turned in their signatures months before the deadline. But the Bureau claimed 3 signatures were "invalid," and then DENIED affidavits proving their validity because they came "too late" after the Bureau slow-walked the process right up to the deadline. This shouldn't happen to hundreds of thousands of voices on a technicality. We're going to get to the bottom of how this gets fixed.

IT'S HERE #quadbox Football is back. It's the first day of Fall. And the MI House has a #quadbox now. Inspired by NFL RedZone and first debuted earlier this year, the Michigan House #quadbox is now available to the public as the prime place to watch as we continue to improve every facet of state government — including accessibility & transparency. Never miss a moment with the all-new #quadbox 📺

Michiganders found out that their signatures on the Michigan Citizens Only Petition were determined "invalid," so they sent in affidavits proving they had in fact signed the petition. The Bureau of Elections and State Board of Canvassers denied it anyway after delaying the certification of the petition for months. Our committee was created to gather expert testimony as to how this could happen, as well as practical changes we can make to the system to fix it.

Jocelyn Benson's Bureau of Elections is under intense scrutiny after a petition with 200k+ more signatures than necessary to ensure ONLY CITIZENS are voting was DENIED despite signed affidavits from petition signers claiming the 3 signatures in dispute were in fact valid. Our new select committee will get answers.

"We have 700,000 people in this state that have really been denied a voice." Select committee Chair Mike Harris, who spent his career as a detective in law enforcement, is on the job diving into how 700,000+ voices could be silenced under the Bureau of Elections and the State Board of Canvassers' current system, which just resulted in the Michigan Citizens Only Voting petition getting denied after 200k+ more signatures were turned in than were required. @wtpd215

House Republicans are taking a deep dive into what is wrong with Michigan's elections and ballot certification processes. Rep. Mike Harris will chair the Select Committee on the Rules and Procedures of the Bureau of Elections and the Board of State Canvassers. The committee will hear from experts for the first time on how these broken systems can be improved.

We must look into broken systems that can allow over 700,000 voices to be silenced on issues that have over 80% support nationwide. Our select committee is kicking off soon, looking into the Bureau of Elections and the State Board of Canvassers, hearing expert testimony on broken election processes, and targeting issues that get in the way of the people's voice.

Michigan House Republicans are the only thing standing between you and Democrat waste, fraud, & abuse. Thousands of ghost employees have been discovered and cut. Department slush funds holding onto billions in taxpayer money have been drained. The margin of error is not the issue. These are cases of millions — sometimes BILLIONS — of dollars being mismanaged. We're cleaning it all up.

Budget Chair Ann Bollin is a force to be reckoned with. Her committee has studied state spending, eliminated billions in waste, drained slush funds, and is bringing ACCOUNTABILITY to rogue departments and politicians who think they should be able to spend your hard-earned tax dollars without the transparency necessary for a trustworthy government. Up next: holding MDDHS accountable for hundreds of millions of dollars going out the door without documentation.

Covid was a pandemic, not an excuse. Of the $9 billion surplus that Democrats blew last term while in complete control of Michigan government, we already knew way too much was lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Now, according to a new audit, hundreds of millions more of taxpayer dollars may have been foul play. We're digging in immediately to get to the bottom of it. What's going on? Who received the funds? It's the people's money. They deserve to know where it went.

Half-a-billion taxpayer dollars passed through the state under complete Democrat control two years ago with potential conflicts of interest, as well as nearly a third of those payments without proper documentation. A new audit is raising the alarm. Republicans are leading the state House now, so fiscal responsibility is back. Billions in waste has been eliminated, and audits are now exposing all the past fraud. More to come.

2 years. $435 million of taxpayer money. Then an audit uncovers "potential risks of conflicts of interest." "The audit also found that a third of analyzed funding agreements had insufficient documentation that could lead to potential risks for mis-payment." This is why waste, fraud, & abuse has been in our cross-hairs. Michigan Republicans are leading the fight to clean this up. 9and10news.com/2026/09/17/au…

700,000+ signatures. Over 200,000 more than necessary. Disregarded because of three "invalid" signatures that were later accompanied by affidavits from the signers verifying that they did in fact sign the petition for ONLY CITIZENS VOTING IN MICHIGAN. People have obvious questions about the petition process, and the people deserve answers. Jocelyn Benson's Bureau of Elections and the State Board of Canvassers can provide those answers. We will not sit by while the voices of the people are silenced. More to come.