Quick facts on “Show Your Papers” mandates:

• Every voter (not just new registrants) will have to jump through extra hoops to prove their citizenship before the November 2, 2027 election in order to vote.
  • A valid U.S. passport or certified birth certificate that matches government-issued ID must be presented in-person to a local clerk. A Michigan driver’s license, state ID, or REAL ID will no longer be enough to register and vote.
• The “ACV” petition (Michigan’s version of the SAVE Act) will rewrite Michigan’s constitutional voter ID requirements and replace them with red tape and government bureaucracy.
• Restrictive “documentary proof of citizenship” requirements could block over 700,000 Michigan citizens from voting. That’s enough votes to change the results of every presidential election in Michigan going back to 1964.
• Politicians and national special interest groups are trying to seize and hold power by picking which voters are allowed to vote. In America, voters choose their politicians, not the other way around.

More Details About the Documentary Proof of Citizenship (Show Your Papers) Mandates:

• Rural voters, seniors, voters with disabilities must travel to their clerk’s office to re-register to vote (no more online or mail registration)
• Absentee voters expose sensitive data and documents: SSN, ID numbers, and legal documents when returning absentee ballots
  • Increased risk of privacy breaches and fraud, especially for seniors
• Voters without DPOC pay out of pocket and navigate bureaucracy to access their ballot
• Clerks must implement a two-tiered voting system and print multiple different ballot styles
• Clerks and US Citizens could face criminal charges over paperwork errors or false claims.
• Elections will be harder and more expensive to run. Taxpayers will have to pay millions of dollars to update systems and retrain staff.