{"id":1581539,"date":"2022-07-31T16:48:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T20:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1581539"},"modified":"2022-07-31T16:48:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T20:48:31","slug":"michigan-citizens-initiative-to-outlaw-private-funding-of-elections-require-voter-id-gains-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-citizens-initiative-to-outlaw-private-funding-of-elections-require-voter-id-gains-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Citizens\u2019 Initiative to Outlaw Private Funding of Elections, Require Voter ID Gains Momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-citizens-initiative-to-outlaw-private-funding-of-elections-require-voter-id-gains-momentum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1581539&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A citizen-initiated proposal in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-michigan\">Michigan<\/a> to ban private funding of elections, prohibit the secretary of state from sending out unsolicited applications for absentee ballots, and require state-issued photo ID to vote is one step closer to taking effect.<\/p>\n<p>On July 29, volunteers from the Secure MI Vote campaign filed petitions bearing more than 500,000 signatures, seeking to advance the measure to the Republican-controlled Michigan Legislature for a vote, where it is expected to be approved.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan law requires 340,000 valid signatures to move the citizen proposal forward.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have fought hard to block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-election-integrity\">election integrity<\/a> measures sponsored by GOP legislators, calling the measures \u201cvoter suppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the state legislature approves the citizen-initiated proposition, the state Constitution says it wouldn\u2019t be subject to a ballot referendum.\u00a0Another constitutional provision makes the law veto-proof.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan\u2019s Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, has vetoed dozens of election-related measures sent to her desk by the Legislature.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/04\/23\/gretchen-whitmer-in-dc-1200x835.jpg\"><\/a> Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks with members of the National Guard in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington on March 5, 2021. (Olivier Douliery\/AFP via Getty Images) <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/11\/07\/jocelyn-benson-2-1200x773.jpg\"><\/a> Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks in Detroit, on Aug. 18, 2020. (Rebecca Cook\/Reuters) <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the coming weeks, we trust the Bureau of Elections and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (a Democrat) will swiftly review and confirm the validity of the signatures of our fellow citizens so they can be presented to the Board of State Canvassers to provide their consent,\u201d\u00a0Secure MI Vote spokesperson Jamie Roe said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, the (state) Constitution requires our legislative initiative be presented to the Michigan Legislature for their consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-steven-kovac\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<p>Steven Kovac reports for the National Team from Michigan. He is a former small businessman, local elected official, and conservative political activist. Steven is an ordained minister of the Gospel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A citizen-initiated proposal in Michigan to ban private funding of elections, prohibit the secretary of state from sending out unsolicited applications for absentee ballots, and require state-issued photo ID to vote is one step closer to taking effect. On July 29, volunteers from the Secure MI Vote campaign filed petitions bearing more than 500,000 signatures, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1581539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1581539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1581539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1581539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1581539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}