{"id":328710,"date":"2021-03-27T17:30:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T21:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=328710"},"modified":"2021-03-27T17:31:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T21:31:24","slug":"mich-gop-seeks-to-bypass-democrat-gov-whitmer-veto-with-election-integrity-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-gop-seeks-to-bypass-democrat-gov-whitmer-veto-with-election-integrity-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Mich. GOP seeks to bypass Democrat Gov. Whitmer veto with election integrity package"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fmich-gop-seeks-to-bypass-democrat-gov-whitmer-veto-with-election-integrity-package%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=328710&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--><div id=\"attachment_2392760\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2392760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is shown at Beech Woods Recreation Center in Southfield, Michigan, on October 16, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:20 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, March 27, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Michigan\u2019s Republican-controlled legislature announced plans to enable new voter laws that would bypass a likely veto from Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.<\/p>\n<p>State Republican Party Chair Ron Weiser announced the proposal this week, saying the party is supporting the election integrity bills.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2392761\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2392761\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2392761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4003.jpeg\" alt=\"This August, 2020 photo, shows Ron Weiser, left, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, and Ronna Romney McDaniel, National Republican Committee chairwoman. Michigan Republicans, once the national model for the party&#039;s mainstream, have lurched sharply rightward in the past decade. (David Guralnick\/Detroit News via AP)\" width=\"657\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4003.jpeg 657w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4004.jpeg 316w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4005.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4006.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2392761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This August, 2020 photo shows Ron Weiser, left, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, and Ronna Romney McDaniel, National Republican Committee chairwoman. (David Guralnick\/Detroit News via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf that legislation is not passed by our legislature, which I am sure it will be, but if it\u2019s not signed by the governor, then we have other plans to make sure that it becomes law before 2022,\u201d Weiser stated.<\/p>\n<p>Among the changes would be a photo ID requirement, restricting absentee ballot drop box hours and a ban on prepaid postage on return envelopes. County GOP parties would need to gather 340,000 voter signatures in order to certify the measure.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate\u2019s Republican majority leader noted the bills will make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/texas-senators-lead-delegation-to-southern-border\/\">Texas Senators Lead Delegation To Southern Border<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is shown at Beech Woods Recreation Center in Southfield, Michigan, on October 16, 2020. 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