Remember how I was telling you last week that you really needed to call your State Reps because Republicans were trying to push aggressive, new voter suppression laws through the Michigan House? Well, last night, at 10:00 PM, the Michigan House of Representatives voted 57-50 to approve the bills [HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068]. […]
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Voter suppression law passes Michigan House, fight moves to Senate
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Donald Trump, gerrymandering, HB 6066, HB 6067, HB 6068, Jeff Irwin, Jennifer Schlicht, lame duck, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, poll tax, Rick Snyder, rigged elections, voter fraud, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act 9 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, Voter ID Act, voter suppression, Voting Rights Act 35 Comments