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After eight months of sweeping policy changes and record spending, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will deliver a “What’s Next” address next Wednesday, calling for paid family leave, a transition to 100% clean energy and additional election legislation.
The Michigan Senate Elections Committee this week approved bills that would seek to streamline the absentee voting process by creating an online tracking system for applications and the ballots …
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Michigan’s Senate Elections Committee has held three hearings so far on GOP-backed election bills that would place new requirements on voters.
Republicans have sold their 39-bill legislative push as an effort to beef up election security and restore faith in the election process. Voting rights advocates and election officials say some of the proposals would disenfranchise voters by making it harder to vote.
The bills include measures that would impose stricter voter ID requirements, shorten the deadline for returning ballots via drop boxes, prohibit clerks from providing prepaid postage for returning ballots and ban the secretary of state from sending absentee ballot applications to voters. Less contentious proposals would extend the time to canvass elections, require training for election challengers and establish a day of early in-person voting.