2025

Summer e-News – New Board Members Jill Gruppen – Director/SecretaryCity Clerk, HudsonvilleJill’s journey into local government began in high school with her 10th grade government class. The route to serving though took longer than most people who switch majors from education to political science halfway through their junior year of college. She spent 13 years

Summer e-News – Legislative Update Here’s the latest on key legislative developments, proposals, and ongoing conversations affecting election administration: HB 4356: Voter Notification RequirementA new bill would require voters who have not participated in an election for 10 or more years to receive a formal cancellation notice. HB 4357, 4358, 4698 & 4699: Term of

Summer e-News – Clerk of the Year At the summer conference, three members were named Clerk of the Year. Cortney Hanson, of the City of Novi, was named City Clerk of the Year; Rachelle Enbody, of Pere Marquette Charter Township, was named Township Clerk of the Year; and D’Sjonaun Hockenhull, of the City of Romulus,

Summer e-News – Conference A big thank you to all attendees of the “25Th Anniversary Sterling Silver Jubilee” Conference held at the Delta Hotels, Muskegon Convention Center.  It was truly a memorable week with record turnouts, good food, camaraderie, awards, welcome reception, duck hunting, photo ops, silent auction, networking, prizes, President/Clerk of the Year dinner,

Summer e-News – Education We hope everyone who attended the 2025 Annual Conference enjoyed Conference and the education sessions.  From the evaluations it looks like the sessions were great topics across the entire conference! We truly appreciate your evaluations. It helps us know what you liked, want more of, and where we need to improve.

Summer e-News – President’s Message Lisa Lawitzke, MAMC President MAMC friends— I hope everyone is having a great summer so far! Summer Conference 2025 is in the history books—I can hardly believe it was just a little over a month ago! All the comments I heard, from attendees and vendors alike, were positive. That’s a

New Region 5 Director Appointed Congratulations to Joel Hondorp, Grand Rapids City Clerk, for his recent selection by Michigan Clerks to represent us as the next IIMC Region 5 Director. Joel was selected by an electronic vote of MAMC members last fall and his name was submitted to IIMC based on the results of that

Legislative Update Republican Clerks Named to Leadership Roles in House  Speaker Matt Hall (R-Kalamazoo) named three former clerks to head prominent committees in the Michigan House of Representatives for the 103rd Legislature.  In November, Republicans seized control of the state House by unseating four Democrats incumbents, which gave Republicans 58-52 seat majority.  Smit to Chair