Weiser refuses call by UM regents to resign, saying he won t be canceled
University of Michigan regent and Michigan Republican Party chairman Ron Weiser refused to resign after the university s Democratic-majority board called for him to do so during a rare Friday special meeting prompted by his controversial remarks about high-ranking elected officials.
Six Democratic regents approved a resolution to censure Weiser for the comments that brought national and international disrepute on the university. Of the two Republicans, Regent Sarah Hubbard abstained, while Weiser didn t appear to cast a vote.
The 75-year-old GOP regent on Friday apologized for his offhand remarks last week calling Michigan s three Democratic female leaders the three witches. He pledged to be part of a respectful dialogue moving forward and refused to resign.
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Whitmer, Gilchrist & liberal activists prepping to fight Republican voting bills, potential petitions
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 01, 2021
Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II participates in an “On the Yard” conversation with Lizzo, about early voting during a campaign event in Detroit for Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Friday Oct. 23, 2020. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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LANSING, MI - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has made it clear: voting bills introduced in the Michigan Senate aren’t getting past her desk.
Democrats blasted the 39 bill package introduced last week, particularly controls on the mail-in ballot process. Republicans pitched the package with the slogan “easier to vote, harder to cheat,” which Whitmer and liberal activists aren’t buying.
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Voting rights advocates say election reforms proposed by Republican lawmakers in Michigan would make it harder for many Michiganders to vote. One described using a petition drive to enact some of the reforms as an anti-voter power grab.
The Detroit News reported state Republicans have openly discussed using a potential petition drive to enact some of the measures introduced in a 39-bill package unveiled by Michigan Senate Republicans in March. While Republicans have the votes to pass the package through the Michigan Legislature, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, would likely veto many of the proposed initiatives.
If Republicans were able to gather the roughly 340,000 needed signatures to pass a petition drive, Whitmer would not be able to issue a veto. Michigan GOP Chairman Ron Weiser was recorded during a North Oakland Republican Club meeting saying a ballot drive would be used to enact the changes before midterm elections in 2022.