If we’re to believe Republican Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, it looks as though the Michigan Senate will not be voting on the controversial voter ID law that passed the House last week. According to Meekhof, Senate Republicans just didn’t have the time during the lame duck session, which adjourns for the year this Thursday. […]
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Good work, Michigan. It looks like we might have stopped Republican voter suppression efforts, at least for now.
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Arlan Meekhof, HB 6066, identification, lame duck, Michigan Senate, poll tax, voter suppression 9 Comments
Demand the Voter Bill of Rights over voter suppression
According to State Rep Jeff Irwin, whom I just traded emails with, it looks as though the controversial Voter ID law being pushed through the Michigan House this lame duck session by Republican lawmakers, will be coming up for a vote tomorrow – Wednesday, December 7 – Pearl Harbor Day. Given that the House is […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics Also tagged Constitution, early voting, election fraud, HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068, integrity, lame duck, poll tax, Voter Bill of Rights, voter impersona, voter suppression, voting rights, Voting Rights Act 33 Comments
The post-Trump assault on voting rights has already begun in Michigan… Here’s what you can do to fight back
A few days ago, after Trump made the unsubstantiated claim that “millions” of people had voted illegally for his opponent during the recent presidential election, we discussed the possibility that this heightened rhetoric of his concerning voter fraud, which was particularly odd given the fact that he’d won the election, might have been a preemptive […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged Aric Nesbitt, Bradford Jacobsen, call to action, discrimination, Donald Trump, early voting, Eric Leutheuser, gerrymandering, Gretchen Driskell, HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068, House Elections Committee, Jeff Irwin, Jeff Sessions, Jon Hoadley, Klint Kesto, lame duck, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, Michigan House of Representatives, North Carolina, poll tax, redistricting, threats to Democracy, Voter ID Act, voter impersonation, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act 35 Comments