Posted on 12/28/2018 9:24:31 PM PST by Olog-hai
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday signed a law making it harder for groups to put proposals on the Michigan ballot, imposing a geographical-based requirement that may prevent them from gathering signatures for petitions mainly from the most populated areas.
The move followed voters’ passage of three Democratic-backed proposals last month and Republicans’ unprecedented tactic — enacted by the term-limited governor two weeks ago — to weaken minimum wage and paid sick time laws that began as ballot initiatives. Legal challenges are expected in Michigan and neighboring Wisconsin, where the GOP recently passed more sweeping laws to curtail incoming Democrats.
Also Friday, Snyder vetoed a bill that would have automatically empowered the Republican-led Legislature to intervene in certain lawsuits, which had been seen by critics as an attempt to especially hamstring incoming Democratic Attorney General-elect Dana Nessel but also Democratic Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer. He also vetoed a measure that would have blocked future attempts to force the disclosure of donors to nonprofits, including political groups whose sway has grown in elections.
He signed a law requiring his successor’s administration and future governors to have a “clear and convincing” need to adopt environmental and other state regulations that are tougher than federal standards, despite Whitmer’s objections.
Snyder finished acting on bills days before he leaves office after a frenetic lame-duck session in which GOP lawmakers passed some measures criticized as power grabs. …
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“Republican Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday signed a law making it harder for groups to put proposals on the Michigan ballot, imposing a geographical-based requirement that may prevent them from gathering signatures for petitions mainly from the most populated areas.”
If that law was in effect before most liberal BS wouldn’t have ever passed. We would still have a season on doves and wolves, and a bounty on coyotes.
He also vetoed a measure that would have blocked future attempts to force the disclosure of donors to nonprofits
BFD, this useless Rino already has cost PDJT MI in 2020, with the triumvirate of Medical Marijuana and the redistricting and looser voting laws, that and a state GOP that dropped the ball. Add to that our new attorney general won’t do ugats to stop voter fraud. Pat Colbeck was the man who should have been Gov, Snyder screwd him and us on Medicare/Obamcare expansion and her highness wants to make us a sanctuary state. MI’s turn around is real, but so is these numsculls fubaring it...
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