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Democrats Fear Michigan Will Follow Georgia in Tightening Voting Restrictions
On 4/6/21 at 11:11 AM EDT
Democrats have lambasted the Michigan Republican Party for turning its back on its supporters by tabling new laws intended to reform the state s voting system, in a move critics have compared to the recent electoral overhaul in Georgia.
Michigan Senate Republicans, led by Senator Mike Shirkey, on March 24 introduced 39 election reform bills, which if passed, mean there are much stricter thresholds to being able to vote.
Michigan Republicans are touting these laws as protection from election fraud which former President Donald Trump baselessly claimed was the reason why the November vote did not go his way. Democrats meanwhile say these bills will only make it more difficult to vote and discourage citizens from casting their ballots, particularly those in disenfranchised communities.
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Voting rights advocates say election reforms proposed by Republican lawmakers in Michigan would make it harder for many Michiganders to vote. One described using a petition drive to enact some of the reforms as an anti-voter power grab.
The Detroit News reported state Republicans have openly discussed using a potential petition drive to enact some of the measures introduced in a 39-bill package unveiled by Michigan Senate Republicans in March. While Republicans have the votes to pass the package through the Michigan Legislature, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, would likely veto many of the proposed initiatives.
If Republicans were able to gather the roughly 340,000 needed signatures to pass a petition drive, Whitmer would not be able to issue a veto. Michigan GOP Chairman Ron Weiser was recorded during a North Oakland Republican Club meeting saying a ballot drive would be used to enact the changes before midterm elections in 2022.
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