Posted on 09/18/2024 10:33:56 AM PDT by bitt
Michigan’s Democrat-controlled Senate passed a package of four DIRTY election bills yesterday, referred to as the “State Voting Rights Act.”
The bills, now heading to the Democrat-controlled House, have stirred controversy among critics asserting they represent a significant state government takeover of elections and threaten election integrity on a number of fronts, not the least of which is the special treatment afforded to “protected classes” of people. In addition, Senate Bills 401 through 404 shift control of elections from the legislature to the state’s courts and executive branch, giving the secretary of state unprecedented power over local governments.
For example, SB 401 empowers court-appointed monitors to oversee local elections, opens the door to ranked-choice voting, and forces local governments to notify the SOS office before changing even the location of a ballot drop box. It also funds the expenses of candidates from protected classes to run for office.
Patrice Johnson, Chair of Pure Integrity Michigan Elections (PIME), described the bills as a major blow to election integrity. “Under the auspices of equity, these bills create favored ‘protected classes,’” she said. “They give the state judicial and executive branches of government authoritarian control over local jurisdictions and minimize the role of duly elected legislators. They use taxpayer dollars to fund the government takeover.”
Johnson highlighted SB 401’s introduction of the Michigan Voting Rights Assistance Fund. “This bill creates a bottomless pit of funding for lawfare against local governments and citizens. The funds come from taxpayer dollars and ‘charitable contributions or from any other source,’” she said. “This is tantamount to welcoing dark money and institutionalizing banana republic corruption. Plus, the funds remain separate in perpetuity.”
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BINGO, FRiend.
Bingo.
I’m in S.E. Michigan...hardly a Harris sign anywhere.
You get outside of Detroit and the other big cities in Michigan, you’d think you were in Alabama. I don’t think I’ve even seen as many confederate flags as I saw in rural Michigan.
I really don’t trust our voting here. Even in the couple of ‘major blue’ counties, there’s loads of Trump voters. Everywhere else is Trump country. Odd.
Someone has to challenge it. Don't expect the useless GOP to do that.
This is your FINAL warning, Michigan voters...
This election, that is.
RANKED CHOICE VOTING isn’t voting it’s like Vegas the house always wins in this case the democrats are the house.
It’s all done for a reason at this time.
The steal has begun. It’s getting ironclad.
RANKED CHOICE VOTING is the newest way for Democrats to take over the election process - no parties, just 'winners'. :^(
Attention Republican lawyers: their election is turning into a non-election.
The Democrats started seriously rigging Michigan in 2018, with the help of the Republican establishment.
The Michigan Uniparty was really angry about 2016, and they took steps to make sure it never happened again.
mewzilla - Michigan is a red state. The thieving Michigan Democrats are just smarter than the Democrats in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
democrats just doing the Steal like they’re taught
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