10M transactions at ExpressSOS.com!
Another major milestone was reached March 10 when a Secretary of State customer hopped online and completed the 10 millionth transaction on ExpressSOS.com since the website launched in October 2012. Why wait in line? Hop online!
Secretary of State Ruth Johnson recently sent a list of recommendations on strengthening the integrity of the elections system to Vice President Mike Pence and Michigan’s congressional delegation asking that the federal government provide state and local officials with the tools they need to ensure election integrity.
Pence is expected to head a special commission to investigate election issues.
“I believe the most critical parts of election administration are getting eligible citizens registered to vote and ensuring that only those individuals who are eligible to vote appear on the voter rolls,” Johnson said in her Feb. 7 letter to Pence. “The United States as a whole must strive for the cleanest voter lists to eliminate vulnerabilities to voter fraud. To allow an ineligible person to cast a ballot is to disenfranchise an eligible citizen.”
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Michigan elections director to retire
State Elections Director Christopher M. Thomas announced on Feb. 28 that he will retire in June after a career spanning five decades serving Michigan voters.
“I am incredibly grateful for Chris’ experience and expertise as state elections director,” said Secretary Johnson, who previously served as the Oakland County clerk. “Michigan voters and election workers have benefited tremendously from his leadership. I know of no one else here in Michigan or nationwide who has done more to support voters and improve election administration.”
Then-Secretary of State Richard Austin, a Democrat, appointed Thomas elections director in 1981. He then served under three Republican secretaries of state, most recently under Johnson. He began his career in elections administration in 1974 by working for the U.S. House of Representatives and later the Federal Election Commission.
“I take great pride in the team developed in the Bureau of Elections to carry out the secretary’s supervisory responsibilities under Michigan Election Law,” Thomas wrote in his resignation letter. “The bureau has never been better prepared or more cohesive as they are right now. I am comfortable leaving Michigan elections in these hands..”
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