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The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered the Board of State Canvassers to certify a petition that would repeal the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act.
Credit Svetlana / Adobe Stock The Michigan Bureau of Elections says a petition campaign to initiate a law to curtail the governor’s use of emergency powers has gathered the signatures it needs. The bureau used a sample of petition signatures to estimate 460,358 of the names collected by Unlock Michigan are from registered voters. The campaign needs 340,047. The next step is for the bipartisan Michigan Board of State Canvassers to vote on certifying the petition signatures. The board is expected to meet Thursday. The Unlock Michigan initiative would repeal the law Whitmer used to issue COVID...
Unlock Michigan Petition Drive Faces Roadblock Hundreds, if not thousands of Calhoun and Kalamazoo county residents signed petitions last fall promoted by the group Unlock Michigan. The plan is to eliminate the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act. That’s what Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer used as a basis for her initial virus control lockdowns. But extending the orders unilaterally got her in trouble with the State Supreme Court. Now she’s issuing orders through state departments to keep control - continuing to bypass the legislature. The former chairman of the Michi...