Two individuals were convicted in Michigan of forging signatures on election petitions, defrauding campaigns of $700,000.

The Secretary of State's office investigated recent claims that more than a dozen noncitizens had allegedly registered to vote in Michigan.

The Macomb County clerk had flagged 15 names. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says there's evidence one voted, but some are citizens.

Secretary of State update comes more than two weeks after Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds said his office found 239 noncitizens in jury pool.

As Michigan’s Republican representatives take up arms against Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, bringing doubts to the safety of the state’s elections, several top Democrats are rebuffing President Donald Trump’s suggestion to place federal officials in charge of state elections.

State and local officials in Michigan are responding after President Donald Trump suggested the federal government should start running elections."