The analysis shows how each one of the 39 bills harms our election system or restricts Michigan citizens hard-fought freedom to vote, Benson said. To embark on this endeavor is not just un-American and anti-Democratic. It s an abdication of the oath of office these leaders took to serve the people of this state, Benson said. Because you don t serve the people of this state by silencing their voices. Instead, you embarrass all of us.
The event was part of an ongoing campaign by Benson, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and advocacy organizations that oppose the package, much of which has yet to make it through the committee process.
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UNLOCK MICHIGAN DELIVERS boxes filled with signed petition to the Michigan Department of State Bureau of Elections in Lansing, Mich., on Oct. 2. (Rod Sanford/Detroit News via AP)
LANSING, Mich. (AP) A group trying to repeal an emergency powers law that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used for months to issue coronavirus restrictions cleared a key hurdle Monday when the Michigan elections bureau said it collected enough petitions.
Unlock Michigan, which has ties to Republicans, submitted an estimated 460,358 valid signatures, more than the roughly 340,000 needed, according to a staff report. If the bipartisan Board of State Canvassers agrees with the recommendation to certify the initiative at a Thursday meeting, the GOP-led Legislature will likely pass the measure rather than let it go to a public vote in 2022. The Democratic governor could not veto it.
Daily Telegram staff
LANSING A group trying to repeal an emergency powers law that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used for months to issue coronavirus restrictions cleared a key hurdle Monday when the Michigan elections bureau said it collected enough petitions.
Unlock Michigan, which is supported by state Rep. Bronna Kahle, R-Adrian, and state Sen. Dale Zorn, R-Ida, as well as other Republicans, submitted an estimated 460,358 valid signatures, more than the roughly 340,000 needed, according to a staff report. If the bipartisan Board of State Canvassers agrees with the recommendation to certify the initiative at a meeting Thursday, the GOP-led Legislature will likely pass the measure rather than let it go to a public vote in 2022. The Democratic governor could not veto it.
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Lansing The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Michigan House revealed a plan Tuesday to institute wide-ranging government ethics reforms, targeting policies that have been ranked worst nationally for transparency.
At least some of the bills are proposing fundamental changes for lobbying and disclosure laws, which have been agreed on by House members on both sides of the aisle. They will be introduced later this week and discussed in committee beginning next week.
If all of them became law, they would alter how Lansing operates, providing additional oversight, de-emphasizing the so-called lame duck period and changing the House process for deciding when bills take effect. Similar reforms have been debated in Michigan for years.