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FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, right, hugs Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after Benson was sworn in during inauguration ceremonies, outside the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, right, hugs Gov. Gretchen Whitmer after Benson was sworn in during inauguration ceremonies, outside the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich., Jan. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

FILE - Jocelyn Benson, left, Michigan's secretary of state, attends the summer meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State, in Washington, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - Jocelyn Benson, left, Michigan's secretary of state, attends the summer meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State, in Washington, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, right, talks to the media as election workers process absentee voter ballots at Huntington Place in Detroit, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez, File)

FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, right, talks to the media as election workers process absentee voter ballots at Huntington Place in Detroit, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez, File)

FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson participates in an election forum, in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson participates in an election forum, in Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, to Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's secretary of state, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

FILE - President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor, to Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's secretary of state, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)