Former Republicans seek to create new centrist party and utilize fusion voting in Michigan
Calling the alliance of disaffected Republicans and moderate Democrats “short-term triage,” a former leader of Michigan Republicans says he and other pro-democracy conservatives plan to form a new party and then challenge the state’s ban on what’s known as fusion voting.
Jeff Timmer, the one-time executive director of the Michigan Republican Party, told the Advance that he and other former Republicans will petition the Board of State Canvassers at their May 19 meeting to form the Michigan Common Sense Party.
Timmer, who is a senior advisor to the anti-Donald Trump Lincoln Project and co-founder of Republicans and Independents for Biden, told the Advance that the effort is not about lodging a meaningless protest vote, but instead providing additional votes for those candidates who respect the outcome of elections.
“There’s a two-pronged strategy here that involves fusion voting, where more than one party can nominate a candidate,” said Timmer. “Michigan, like many other states, has a statutory ban on fusion voting so that a person cannot appear on more than one ballot line. But in Michigan that wasn’t always the case.”
https://michiganadvance.com/2023/05/10/new-former-republicans-seek-to-create-new-centrist-party-and-utilize-fusion-voting/
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