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Michigan Republicans leading with less controversial bits of voting package

Michigan Republicans leading with less controversial bits of voting package
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Genesee Township election workers count absentee ballots on election day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 in Genesee Township. (Jake May | MLive.com)Jake May | Mlive.com
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LANSING, MI - One month ago, Michigan Senate Republicans debuted their plan to overhaul the state’s election laws.
The ensuing weeks brought criticism, protests and press conferences from Democratic officials and liberal activists calling the package everything from “racist” to “voter suppression.” Much of the pushback focused on one portion of the package that would tighten control and adds steps to the absentee ballot process. ....

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GOP lawmakers say their election bills will make it easier to vote. A fact check

GOP lawmakers say their election bills will make it easier to vote. A fact check
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The claim: Michigan election bills are “designed to make it easier for people to vote”
Republicans in Michigan’s Senate recently unveiled a massive package of proposals to change election laws that they say will improve voting security and integrity, and boost voters’ confidence in the election process.
They’ve also pitched their reforms as expanding voting access.
“This package is designed to make it easier for people to vote and ensure our elections are conducted fairly and honestly,” state Sen. Michael MacDonald, R-Macomb Township, said in a statement, echoing similarclaims from other Republican lawmakers. ....

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Fact checking the Michigan GOP's election reform bills

The claim: Michigan election bills are “designed to make it easier for people to vote”
Republicans in Michigan’s Senate recently unveiled a massive package of proposals to change election laws that they say will improve voting security and integrity, and boost voters’ confidence in the election process.
They’ve also pitched their reforms as expanding voting access.
“This package is designed to make it easier for people to vote and ensure our elections are conducted fairly and honestly,” state Sen. Michael MacDonald, R-Macomb Township, said in a statement, echoing similarclaims from other Republican lawmakers.
Voting rights advocates and election officials from both parties disagree. They point to bills that would impose stricter voter ID requirements including a new one for absentee voters, shorten the deadline for returning absentee ballots via drop boxes, prohibit clerks from paying for postage on absentee ballot return envelopes, and res ....

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Michigan should scrap one-man grand juries | News, Sports, Jobs

Mar 10, 2021
Expediency should never get in the way of justice. Yet that was the justification Attorney General Dana NesselÃs office offered in explaining why it chose the archaic one-man jury to bring charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder and eight members of his administration.
Nessel and Special Prosecutor Kym Worthy took the evidence against the nine officials indicted in the Flint Water crisis to a one-man grand jury a Genesee County judge and presented it in secret proceedings with no defense attorneys present.
That allowed the prosecution to avoid laying out its case in an open court before trial, which is the typical process, and it denied the defendants the opportunity to challenge the evidence before heading to trial. ....

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Nessel and Special Prosecutor Kym Worthy took the evidence against the nine officials indicted in the Flint Water crisis to a one-man grand jury - a Genesee County judge - and presented it in secret proceedings with no defense attorneys present.
That allowed the prosecution to avoid laying out its case in an open court before trial, which is the typical process, and it denied the defendants the opportunity to challenge the evidence before heading to trial.
The goal was to avoid what happened the first time a case was brought against administration officials. Former Health Director Nick Lyon, facing nine felony counts of manslaughter in the Flint Water Crisis, mounted a vigorous defense that extended his preliminary exam for nearly a year before the charges were dropped. ....

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