“Michigan Republicans are attempting an end-run around Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) to pass a sweeping set of election reform measures in the wake of President Biden’s victory over former President Trump in the critical swing state.
A group calling itself Secure MI Vote has filed papers with the secretary of state’s office that would put before the legislature a series of new proposals changing the way the state runs elections, many of which have already passed other Republican-controlled states.
Among the measures: New voter identification requirements, a prohibition on the private financing of election administration, and additional steps that voters casting absentee ballots would have to take in order to make sure their ballots count.”
