The new mandates, including a proof-of-citizenship requirement and revised voting machine standards, would override the powers of Congress, states, and independent agencies. Elon Musk’s team would investigate voter rolls.
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Posted inGuest Commentary
Voter information is already publicly available. And that’s all the Trump administration is getting.
The Ingham County clerk advises voters not to withdraw their registration in an attempt to hide from the newly created federal Election Integrity Commission.
Posted inBrunch with Bridge
Primary-less politics leaves out public’s interests to service financial necessity
OR JUST DON’T BOTHER. As election cycles de-emphasize primaries, voters have less of a chance to hear ideas and policy proposals from individual candidates, writes Brandon Hubbard. Voter apathy frequently follows. (Courtesy photo/used under a Creative Commons license) Cover politics like a tennis match. That depressing advice came from a former political reporter I met […]
Posted inMichigan Government
Next time, a tougher road to the ballot?
Looking to change Michigan’s Constitution? Reaching the ballot is as easy as $1-$2-$3 if you’ve got a big enough checkbook. Collecting 322,609 valid petition signatures (10 percent of the votes in the 2010 gubernatorial election) for grassroots groups who might want to, say, create a nonpartisan legislative redistricting process, would be an imposing challenge. But […]
Posted inPeter Luke: Eye on the Capitol
Democrats bloody one another in redrawn House districts
Election year 2012 has started out well for Republicans now in control of the 110-seat Michigan House of Representatives. House Republicans managed to dispatch four Democratic incumbents without having to field a viable challenger, send a piece of mail or run a radio or TV ad. As incumbent legislators are re-elected at a 90 percent-plus […]
Posted inMichigan Government
Redistricting: How political map-making leaves voters with uncompetitive, pre-determined elections
(Originally published Feb. 10, 2011) In the past decade, voters decided 664 races for seats in the Michigan Legislature. The majority of those races were never in question. Millions of votes didn’t really matter. Districts for many state representatives and senators are not competitive. Many seats are engineered for partisan advantage. A consequence is the […]
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