{"id":2234467,"date":"2024-05-01T11:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-senate-passes-bill-overhauling-election-recount-process\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T11:25:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:25:19","slug":"michigan-senate-passes-bill-overhauling-election-recount-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-senate-passes-bill-overhauling-election-recount-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Senate Approves Bill Revamping Election Recount Procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-senate-passes-bill-overhauling-election-recount-process%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=2234467&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>The Michigan Senate passed Senate\u2063 Bill 603, imposing new restrictions on the recount process. The bill, approved by a slim 20-18 vote, aims to clarify that \u2062recounts seek out\u200b errors, \u2064not fraud or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-wisconsin-lawsuit-to-stop-certification-challenges-nearly-160000-votes\/\" title=\"Emergency Wisconsin Lawsuit To Stop Certification Challenges Nearly 160,000 Votes\">illegal votes<\/a>. It emphasizes\u2062 that recounts are not investigations or audits but a mechanism to ensure accurate election results. Democratic Senator Stephanie Chang supports the bill. The \u200dMichigan Senate approved Senate Bill 603, introducing \u200ctighter regulations for the recount process. The bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-blocks-democrats-attempt-to-hold-stand-alone-vote-on-2000-stimulus-checks-signals-new-package\/\" title=\"McConnell Blocks Democrats\u2019 Attempt to Hold Stand-Alone Vote on ,000 Stimulus Checks, Signals New Package\">narrowly passed<\/a> with a vote of 20-18, reiterates that recounts focus on identifying errors, not fraud or unlawful \u200dballots. It \u2063stresses that recounts serve to validate election accuracy, rather than function as investigations. Democratic Senator Stephanie Chang is a proponent of the bill.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Lawmakers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Michigan\">Michigan<\/a> Senate passed a bill that would add restrictions to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vote-recounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Michigan\">recount<\/a> process in the hotly contested swing state.<\/p>\n<p>Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/Bills\/Bill?ObjectName=2023-SB-0603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bill\">Bill<\/a> 603 passed in the chamber 20-18 on Tuesday, with Republicans in the state Senate opposing the legislation to rewrite the recount process for elections in the state. One of the main changes in the bill is clarifying that a recount is meant to search for errors, not fraud or illegal votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA recount is not an investigation or an audit of the conduct of an election, and a recount does not assess the qualifications of electors participating in an election or the manner in which ballots are applied for or issued to electors,\u201d the bill said.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state Sen. Stephanie Chang, one of the bill\u2019s lead backers, touted the clarification on Wednesday, alongside other changes made to the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe make clear that a recount is a simple retabulation of the ballots \u2014 NOT an investigation or an audit. We have other laws and procedures for that. The bills also modernize the fees for recount petitions so that clerks can actually cover the cost of recounts!\u201d Chang <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephanielily\/status\/1785622379911106824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll in all, these bills bring greater clarity to our recount law, will help ensure that voters\u2019 voices are heard and strengthen our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-anyone-more-annoying-or-treacherous-than-barack-obama\/\" title=\"Is Anyone More Annoying or Treacherous than Barack Obama?\">democratic process<\/a>,\u201d she added in a subsequent post.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans spoke out against the bill, specifically the measures tightening when candidates may request a recount.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bills would take away the rights of an aggrieved candidate if there is fraud or other illegal activity or ballot tampering in an election,\u201d Republican state Sen. Ruth Johnson said on the Senate floor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganpublic.org\/politics-government\/2024-04-30\/michigan-senate-votes-to-tighten-restrictions-around-election-recounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> <em>Michigan Public<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The measure passed by the Democrat-led Senate now heads to the state House where it also faces a Democrat-controlled chamber.<\/p>\n<p>While Michigan was not the epicenter of election challenges in the 2020 election, recent polling has indicated the race between President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Joe-Biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> and former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> will be close.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Senate narrowly passes Senate Bill 603, tightening election recount rules in the swing state. The bill, approved by a 20-18 vote, faced opposition from state Senate Republicans, sparking debate over election recount procedures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2234468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24103606685404-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24103606685404-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234467","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}