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Bipartisan bills to create new penalties for unethical lawmakers, curb revolving door Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press © Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press A small, armed demonstration gathers in front of the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Mich. on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. The Michigan State Police and Michigan National Guard stepped up their presence at the capital after warnings from the F.B.I. Docking the pay of wayward lawmakers, curbing the legislative revolving door and new standing ethics committees highlight some of the proposals included in a slate of bi...

How Michigan Republicans could sidestep Whitmer to enact voting restrictions Jane C. Timm © Provided by NBC News Michigan Democrats have promised that any bills that attempt to place new restrictions on voting won't get past Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. "Those bills will not get signed into law," Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, a Democrat, told NBC News of the proposals. He called the efforts part of an "anti-voter, anti-democratic participation movement that is sweeping Republican-led legislatures across the nation." But the state's GOP lawmakers, who enjoy majorities in both chambers...

Last modified on Thu 15 Apr 2021 10.19 EDT Happy Thursday, Over the last two weeks, corporations across America have grown increasingly vocal in publicly stating their opposition to legislation that makes it harder to vote. I started covering the pressure on corporations back in March, and it has been stunning, frankly, to see how quickly the tone from companies has changed. About a month ago, I asked some of the most prominent companies in Georgia – Coca-Cola, Delta, Home Depot, AT&T, Aflac and Southern Company – if they opposed voting restrictions under consideration in the legislature ...

Michigan executives sign letter opposing voting restriction efforts Sam Levine in New York About three dozen executives from some of Michigan’s largest companies signed a letter on Tuesday saying they oppose efforts to make it harder to vote. The letter comes as Michigan’s Republican-controlled legislature is weighing a suite of new voting restrictions in one of the most closely fought battleground states in America. Among the letter’s signatories were the CEOs of the American automotive titans Ford and General Motors, as well as executives from Quicken Loans, Blue Cross...

How a Very Weird Quirk Might Let Michigan Republicans Limit Voting Rights State Republicans are pushing a voting law that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has said she will veto. But a rarely used option for a voter-driven petition could allow the G.O.P. to circumvent her veto. Proposed voting changes in Michigan would particularly target Detroit, the state’s largest city, which has a majority-Black population.Credit...Brittany Greeson for The New York Times April 13, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET At first glance, the partisan battle over voting rights in Michigan appears similar to that of many other states: Th...