Democratic National Committee files brief supporting Benson in Michigan voting lawsuit
On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee is set to file a friend of the court brief backing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee last November.
The RNC, alongside the Michigan Republican Party and Chesterfield Township Clerk Cindy Berry, is challenging a state law which allows the spouses and dependents of Michigan voters living abroad to cast a ballot in Michigan elections, provided they are not registered to vote anywhere else in the state.
The law does not require those individuals to have lived in Michigan, which the RNC argues is in direct conflict with the Michigan state constitution, which says “every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 21 years, who has resided in this state six months, and who meets the requirements of local residence provided by law, shall be an elector and qualified to vote in any election except as otherwise provided in this constitution.”
The suit is one of multiple challenges which the group of Republicans has filed against the Secretary of State, with the state court of appeals rejecting a similar suit in August 2025.
https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/democratic-national-committee-files-brief-supporting-benson-in-michigan-voting-lawsuit/