2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumCan Michigan voters put a people's veto referendum on the ballot to get rid of "Right to Work"?
In 2011, we KILLED our TeaBag state government's attempt to get to rid of our very popular same-day voter registration law by a people's veto. We WON BIG. And we just WON BIG AGAIN by VOTING OUT THE TEABAGGERS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN A VERY BIG WAY. Michigan needs to do the same in 2014. In the meantime, can they get signatures for a people's veto like Ohio also did with their anti-union bill and like we did with voter suppression in Maine?
If so, GO FOR IT !!
ShadowLiberal
(2,237 posts)From what I understand, anything passed in an appropriation bill can't be overturned by the voters.
I imagine there'll be lawsuits over including such an unpopular piece of legislation that has zero to do with balancing the budget/paying for anything in an appropriation bill however, but have no idea if they could succeed or not.
Maybe someone who's from Michigan or a lawyer would have a better answer then me though.
Teamster Jeff
(1,598 posts)If he wanted to he could veto the appropriation section which would make the right to work for less law open for a referendum. He is being pressured so its a slight possibility.
Capester79
(6 posts)Response to RBInMaine (Original post)
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RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)SteveG
(3,109 posts)since they cannot hold a referendum on the law itself, they might be able to use the initiative process to create a new law which would replace the law passed today.