(Texas Public Policy Foundation) – In this final installment, Part 4 presents the Michigan Fair Elections Institute’s (MFEI) and PIME’s comprehensive reforms to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) threats to Michigan’s elections and safeguard America’s constitutional republic.

Parts 1–3 exposed a grave threat to America’s constitutional republic: the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) deliberate campaign to undermine Michigan’s electoral, agricultural, and economic foundations.

Part 1 explored the FBI’s June arrest of three Chinese nationals for trying to smuggle into University of Michigan laboratories dangerous pathogens like fungi and biological materials like roundworms, endangering national security, public health, and the nation’s food supply. Then the FBI declassified a memorandum to reveal a CCP plot in 2020 to produce 20,000 or more fraudulent U.S. driver’s licenses, enabling illegal mail-in ballots for Joe Biden. The Biden DOJ halted the investigation.

Part 2 explored Konnech’s data breach of overseas voters and various states’ election administrators. The Department of Defense, State of Montana, and City of Detroit canceled the contracts after this information became public, exposing vulnerabilities in election technology Michigan Fair Elections Institute, October 14, 2022. Michigan’s voter registration system requiring only a driver’s license or the last four digits of a Social Security number, amplifies these risks.

Part 3 highlighted Gotion’s CCP-linked $2.4 billion battery plant in Green Charter Township and the pivotal role of one individual whose grassroots activism galvanized Mecosta County’s opposition, demonstrating the power one individual can have in this nation due to its faithfulness to fundamental protections of individual rights and liberties.

The Urgent Need for Reform

Michigan’s electoral system harbors weaknesses the CCP and other foreign adversaries appear to exploit. As an example, voter rolls with 266,905 inactive registrations can serve as a slush fund for illegitimate ballots to be inserted into the ballot stream.

House Bill 4983 (PA 268), which goes into effect on June 30—less than a week away—risks enrolling ineligible voters through automatic agency registration Michigan Fair Elections Institute, June 19, 2025. Vulnerable electronic voting systems and the Electronic Registration Information Center’s (ERIC) biased and opaque data-sharing undermine security Western Montana News, October 18, 2022. Inadequate audits obscure accountability. MFEI’s reforms aim to fortify Michigan’s elections and counter foreign threats.

Ensure Only Citizens Vote

Noncitizen voting, as evidenced by Haoxiang Gao’s 2024 illegal vote and the secretary of state’s acknowledgement of non-citizen voting, demonstrates Michigan’s inadequate registration checks and voter identification processes. Justice.gov, June 3, 2025.

MFEI and PIME, as affiliates of the Election Integrity Network, propose:

  • Citizenship Verification: Mandate Michigan’s Secretary of State (SOS) and clerks use the US Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) database as made available at no charge through the President Executive Order (EO) 14248. Congress must pass the SAVE Act, requiring documentary proof of citizenship for registration.
  • Voter Roll Audits: Verify current voters’ citizenship against Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) and Social Security Administration data, removing unverified registrants.
  • Citizen-Only IDs: Require voting IDs to state “CITIZEN,” issued solely to U.S. citizens and Michigan residents.
  • Restricted Registration: Limit voter registration to election offices and DMVs, confirming identity, residency, and citizenship.
  • Constitutional Safeguards: Adopt a Michigan “Only Citizens Vote” amendment and base representation on citizen population via federal census.
  • Ban Foreign Influence: Prohibit foreign funds in elections, ballot initiatives, and foreign ownership or manufacture of voting systems. Institute individual accountability and criminal penalties.

These measures would block schemes like the CCP’s alleged 2020 fake driver’s license plot.

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As Tim Vetter, Co-chair of the MFEI’s Data Evaluation of Election Processes (DEEP) Team said on June 3 in his presentation to the MI House Election Integrity Committee, “Citizens alone must shape our republic.”

Mandate Voter ID for All Votes / Voters: Acceptable ID Confirms Citizenship 

Michigan’s registration vulnerabilities, exploited by the CCP’s license scheme, demand strict ID protocols. MFEI and PIME urge:

  • Photo ID Requirement: Require valid state photo ID for all methods of voting. Permissible ID for voting can only be the type that confirms identity, residency, and US citizenship.
  • Voting by Mail. Additional verification should be required for people voting by mail (quick read (QR) codes on IDs, valid passport, or other non-subjective identifier linked to the unique voter registration number)

Restore Election Day

Extended voting periods enable fraud. To counter Konnech-like vulnerabilities, PIME and MFEI recommend the following reforms:

  • Election Day Priority: Limit early voting to seven days. Use precinct polling and define absentee eligibility.
  • No Same-Day Registration: Require pre-verified registration with citizenship and residency proof.
  • Transparent Processing: Conduct absentee ballot signature validation and tabulation publicly, verifying ballots by Election Day close with limited curing and no extensions.
  • Election Night Results: Tabulate and report all ballots on Election Night.

Maintaining Voter Rolls

PIME’s and MFEI’s DEEP Team, co-led by Tim Vetter, identified six potential areas of voter roll manipulations: registrations added, switched, transferred, moved, duplicated, and scrubbed Michigan Fair Elections Institute, June 19, 2025. PIME and MFEI propose:

  • Citizenship Audits: Compare voter lists to citizenship data, enforcing regular maintenance.
  • Public Transparency: Publish QVF online with timestamps, lock voter histories, and preserve Election Day snapshots, as submitted to Rep. Ann Bollin.
  • FOIA Access: Lift FOIA fees and accept citizen challenges to anomalous registrations.
  • Accountability: Enforce penalties for officials failing to clean rolls, with public maintenance records.

Secure Voting Technology

Konnech’s Chinese-hosted servers demonstrate the risks. PIME and MFEI submitted rules to Reps. Rachelle Smit and Rep. Ann Bollin in 2025, urging:

  • EAC Standards: Enforce latest EAC certification requirements, and ban touchscreen voting or ballots with QR codes on them.
  • Paper Ballots: Use hand-marked, pre-printed paper ballots with supervised technology for disabled voters. Eliminate touchscreens, ballot marking devices, and QR Codes read by machines.
  • No Foreign Systems: Prohibit foreign-owned or foreign-made voting equipment, databases, parts, or software.
  • Public Testing: Mandate pre-election testing and manual tabulation backups, publishing local results.
  • Prohibit Internal Modems and all remote access capability for any voting technology.
  • Mandatory, Public Pre-election Testing of all technology used in elections. Prohibit vendor-controlled testing.
  • Manual Confirmation and Backup for any technology process, including tabulation and e-poll books.
  • Publish and Make Results Public at each voting location prior to delivery to county and then to state, to allow public comparison of results and data.
  • All voting technology built on open-source hardware and software. Eliminate proprietary code.

Strengthening Audits

PIME and MFEI demand transparency to counter CCP and foreign threats:

  • Public Records: Make all election records, including ballot images and chain-of-custody documents, freely accessible for 24 months, with penalties for withholding.
  • Observer Rights: Ensure open processing, tabulation, and auditing. Grant citizens standing to sue for violations.

Protecting Military Voters

MFEI proposes separate procedures for deployed military:

  • Military Protections: Allow email/fax registration with military ID or passport, applying to all active-duty deployments. Enable only active military to cast electronic ballots using their secure Common Access Cards (CAC). Other than active military using CAC cards, no electronic ballots should be accepted and counted.
  • Civilian Limits: Require passports and prior state residency for overseas civilians.

Block Foreign Schemes

Ranked-choice voting (RCV) and foreign funds threaten election integrity. MFEI and PIME urge:

Ban RCV and NPV: Prohibit RCV and National Popular Vote, protecting one-person-one-vote and the individuality of states via the federal system.

  • Audit Funds: Trace all election funds, banning foreign contributions with felony penalties.

Empower Citizens

MFEI advocates for citizens’ voices and enforcement using a healthy checks and balances system:

  • Legal Standing: Grant citizens standing to challenge election law violations, requiring fact-based injury claims.
  • Penalties: Enforce severe individual and criminal penalties for officials breaking election laws.
  • Repeal HB 4983

HB 4983’s automatic registration risks noncitizen voting. MFEI seeks federal intervention to ensure Michigan complies with federal law ensuring fair elections and civil rights.

End ERIC’s Data Sharing

ERIC’s FERPA violations mirror Konnech’s risks. PIME and MFEI propose:

  • Defund ERIC: House Appropriations should cut funding to ERIC and replace the hopelessly flawed system with Check My Vote.
  • Privacy Protections: Department of Education should enforce FERPA, tying university funding to compliance.

A Republic Reclaimed

The CCP’s plots—bioweapons smuggling, voter fraud, Konnech’s breaches, Gotion’s infiltration—all serve to exploit Michigan’s legal and administrative weaknesses. PIME’s and MFEI’s reforms offer a pathway to restore individual rights to fair elections and protect the federal system.

By enacting voter ID, transparent audits, and foreign investment scrutiny, Michigan can lead as a democratic stronghold. Every citizen must act to protect our republic.