Michigan Republicans are proposing changes to the state’s voting law this week and have reportedly come up with a veto-proof way to stop Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
According to Bridge Michigan, the proposed BB bills in the GOP-led legislature require the identification of new voters, a ban on prepaid absent envelopes, a limit on the number of absent ballots and a ban on sending absent ballots to the Secretary of State until demanded.
“If that law was not passed by our legislature, which I am sure will happen, but if it is not signed by the governor, then we have another plan to ensure that it becomes law before 2022.” Michigan President Ron Weisser GOP said in a video on social media, according to Detroit News.
“If it’s not a law … signed by the governor, we have other plans to ensure it becomes law before 2022.”
Michigan Republican Party President Ron Weiser, in Lansing, Mich., Aug 18, 2020. (Associated Press)
Weisser told the North Auckland Republican Club on Thursday that Republicans plan to put together different parts of their voting bill with an application initiative that would allow legislators to legislate without Whitmer’s signature if they get the 340,000 signatures needed to gain access to the ballot.
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According to The News, the initiative will not allow the GOP to unilaterally change the state constitution.
Republican State Sen. Ruth Johnson described the proposals as “general voting measures that will protect the integrity of our elections by protecting people’s right to vote and ensuring our elections are safe and secure.”
Whitemair has made it clear where he stands on the bills.
“I have a veto pen, and I’m willing to use it for any bill that I think would make it difficult for people in our state to vote,” he said in a news report.
“I have a veto pen, and I’m willing to use it for any bill that would make it difficult for the people of our state to vote.”
24. On February 24, 2121, G.L. Gretchen Whitmer speaks in Lansing, Michigan. (Associated Press)
Weisser said the new measures would give the state “a chance for fair elections in 2022.”
The proposed changes in the state came after the loss of then-candidate Joe Biden to President Trump. Trump fought the results in Michigan and many other states, claiming that voters were cheated. But arguments from Trump and his allies failed to get traction in court.
Michigan’s effort also comes as Georgia signs legislation changes that tighten absentee voting, and congressional Democrats are working on a bill that would expand voting rights by setting national standards.
Democrats in Michigan have claimed that Republican efforts aimed at securing the election are in fact voter repression in disguise. Republicans claim they are trying to prevent Democrats from centralizing the election, thus deregulating local communities.
Michigan Senate Minority Leader Jim Annich, a Democrat, claims that elections in the state have always been on the board, saying “Republicans haven’t won so many races that they don’t justify their efforts to silence voters.” “That’s the way Michigan Republicans do. First, they lose. Then they lie. And then they find ways to suppress the vote, because they also know that Democrats win when people vote.” “
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Michigan Democratic Party President Lavora Barnes noted that 67% of Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2018 that allowed, among other changes, a no-excuse absentee ballot.
Weisser has also rejected calls for her to resign, which began on Friday after she called Whitmer and the female secretary of state and attorney general “three witches,” adding that Republicans needed to be prepared to “burn at stake.” North Auckland Republic Club, according to Michigan Live. He also referred to “murder” when talking about the state’s two Democratic congressmen.
Weiser said he should have chosen his words more “sensibly”, but said he had no plans to resign.
