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Voter Suppression Bill Fast-Tracks in Michigan, After State Receives F- in Governmental Intergrity
Question: How much more will Michigan Voters suck up buttercup when it comes to integrity of their State Government?
A legitimate question considering The Center of Public Integrity (TCOPI) rated Michigan dead last out of 50 States, or a F- when it relates to Governmental Accountability, Ethics or Integrity.
An F-, let that sink in for a minute as....
Michigan's Republican controlled Senate has done it again. Done what, you ask.
Ensured that when the Center of Public Integrity rates all things Great Lakes Blue when it comes to Government next time, the State will receive a F--, if such a rating can ever exist.
The only area Michigan could manage to squeeze any letter grade over an C+ was related to Electoral Oversight, with a B.
Less than three days after TCOPI issued its latest annual report, State Republicans are determined to knock the scale down about three levels, to match Michigan's overall integrity rating, an F.
From MLive:
Michigan voters would lose the ability to cast a straight-ticket ballot for candidates of a single political party under fast-tracked legislation approved Tuesday evening in the state Senate.
The Republican-backed bill advanced through committee earlier the same day before reaching the floor, where it was amended to include a $1 million appropriation that would make it immune to referendum.
Michigan voters overturned a similar law in 2002 after Democrats forced a ballot referendum via petition drive.
A legitimate question considering The Center of Public Integrity (TCOPI) rated Michigan dead last out of 50 States, or a F- when it relates to Governmental Accountability, Ethics or Integrity.
An F-, let that sink in for a minute as....
Michigan's Republican controlled Senate has done it again. Done what, you ask.
Ensured that when the Center of Public Integrity rates all things Great Lakes Blue when it comes to Government next time, the State will receive a F--, if such a rating can ever exist.
The only area Michigan could manage to squeeze any letter grade over an C+ was related to Electoral Oversight, with a B.
Less than three days after TCOPI issued its latest annual report, State Republicans are determined to knock the scale down about three levels, to match Michigan's overall integrity rating, an F.
From MLive:
Michigan voters would lose the ability to cast a straight-ticket ballot for candidates of a single political party under fast-tracked legislation approved Tuesday evening in the state Senate.
The Republican-backed bill advanced through committee earlier the same day before reaching the floor, where it was amended to include a $1 million appropriation that would make it immune to referendum.
Michigan voters overturned a similar law in 2002 after Democrats forced a ballot referendum via petition drive.
Read More Here: http://www.reachoutjobsearch.com/2015/11/voter-suppression-bill-fast-tracks-in.html
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Snyder and his Merry Gang of Republicans Thieves and Liars -- have never let a vote of the People -- stop their will. 
