PolitiFact - Mich. GOP's proposed election law changes would make it harder to vote

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Republicans in the Mich. Senate unveiled a massive package of proposed changes to election laws. They’ve pitched their reforms as expanding voting access. We took a look and found that on balance, the changes would make it harder — not easier — to vote.

PolitiFact - Mich. GOP’s proposed election law changes would make it harder to vote
Republicans in Michigan’s Senate recently unveiled a massive package of proposed changes to election laws that they say />
politifact.com
9:25 AM · Apr 2, 2021

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/apr/02/michael-macdonald/mich-gops-proposed-election-law-changes-would-make/


Republicans in Michigan’s Senate recently unveiled a massive package of proposed changes to election laws that they say will improve voting security and integrity, and boost voters’ confidence in the election process.

They’ve also pitched their reforms as expanding voting access.

"This package is designed to make it easier for people to vote and ensure our elections are conducted fairly and honestly," state Sen. Michael MacDonald claimed in a statement, echoing similar claims from other Republican lawmakers.

Voting rights advocates and election officials from both parties disagree. They point to bills that would impose stricter voter ID requirements — including a new one for absentee voters — shorten the deadline for returning absentee ballots via drop boxes, prohibit clerks from paying for postage on absentee ballot return envelopes, and restrict the secretary of state’s ability to make absentee ballot applications available to voters.

Senate Republicans, for their part, cite other measures that would establish an early in-person voting day, enable some teenagers to pre-register to vote and allow some members of the military to electronically submit their ballots. Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and Sen. Ruth Johnson, a former secretary of state who chairs the Senate Elections Committee, have pointed to these changes in claiming the package would make it "easier to vote."

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