Antrim County voters confused after clerk attempts to cancel hundreds of voter registrations [View all]

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Hundreds of voters have reportedly been affected by Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop’s attempt to cancel voter registrations in the small northern county, leaving voters confused and local clerks frustrated.

The Michigan Bureau of Elections sent a letter to Bishop last week accusing her of improperly changing and canceling voter registrations. Such changes “fall outside the scope” of her authority as a county clerk, the bureau wrote, and failed “to comply with the law.” Michigan law puts municipal clerks, not county clerks, in charge of voter list maintenance.

Bishop has until Thursday to respond to the state with an explanation of why she made the changes and lists of the affected voters.

Meanwhile, the affected voters are left to wonder why they were targeted for deregistration. Barbara Mullaly, a voter in Elk Rapids, received a notice in mid-March from Bishop’s office informing her that her registration was at risk of being canceled.



https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2026/04/23/antrim-county-clerk-victoria-bishop-voter-registration-cancellations/