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Deadline approaches to sign “Promote The Vote” ballot initiative

July 6, 2022

The deadline is approaching to sign petitions for a potential ballot initiative that could enshrine voter rights in the Michigan Constitution. Voters Not Politicians, a non-partisan advocacy organization, has spent the last few months collecting signatures for “Promote the Vote 2022.” If this proposal gets on the November ballot, it could lead to a constitutional […]

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Michigan group that overhauled redistricting dives into election law fight

July 6, 2022

Mason — Voters Not Politicians, the upstart organization that overhauled Michigan’s redistricting process in 2018, is now using its network of volunteers to boost a campaign to recognize new voting rights in the state constitution. Supporters of Voters Not Politicians have gathered more than 160,000 petition signatures for Promote the Vote 2022, which aims to put […]

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Lies, forgery, and voter suppression: Inside the ‘power grab’ ballot initiative inspired by Trump’s false election fraud claims

June 16, 2022

Michigan was the epicenter of some of the most egregious lies that the 2020 election was stolen. The effort to overturn the results in favor of former President Donald generated some bizarre headlines. The state was the scene of Rudy Giuliani’s infamous COVID-19 flatulence, where one of his witness’ incoherent ramblings earned a Saturday Night Live roasting. It is also the state […]

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Michigan’s GOP push to fight fake “voter fraud” gets upended by actual fraud

June 6, 2022

Organizers of a Republican-backed Michigan petition to enact voter restrictions to combat would-be voter fraud missed the state’s filing deadline on Wednesday after discovering tens of thousands of fraudulent signatures. Michigan Republicans are backing the citizen initiative petition known as Secure MI Vote​​​​, which would impose strict voter ID requirements, restrict absentee voting and ban private donations […]

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Michigan voter ID campaign finds fraud, delays submitting petitions for November ballot

June 2, 2022

A ballot drive to tighten Michigan voting laws and require voter IDs will not end up on the November ballot, petition leaders announced Wednesday. Instead, circulators will aim for action by the state legislature after finding thousands of fraudulent signatures among its stacks of petitions. Secure MI Vote says it gathered over 435,000 signatures – more […]

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Briefs filed in lawsuit over GOP petition signatures

May 31, 2022

The deadline to file motions in GOP gubernatorial candidate Perry Johnson’s lawsuit against state election officials was Tuesday. He’s suing to remain on the primary ballot after the Board of State Canvassers failed to agree on the handling of thousands of signatures on Johnson’s nominating petitions. The Bureau of Elections found those signatures were likely […]

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Promote the Vote event held in Marquette

May 31, 2022

MARQUETTE — The Michigan grassroots organization Voters Not Politicians held a signature-gathering event Saturday at the Marquette Farmers Market. Voters Not Politicians sought to collect signatures for its Promote the Vote 2022 ballot initiative. The initiative seeks to significantly expand voting accessibility throughout the state. Some of the proposed changes in the initiative are: ≤ […]

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Voting rights advocates organize in SE and West Michigan to get measure on the Nov. ballot

May 16, 2022

Voting rights advocates are ramping up efforts on a ballot initiative that seeks to expand voting access in Michigan. On Saturday, Voter Not Politicians (VNP), the nonprofit group that successfully amended the Michigan Constitution in 2018 to create a nonpartisan citizen-led redistricting process, hosted a series of large-scale trainings and petition circulation drives in Detroit, […]

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Promote the Vote receive support from UP residents

April 29, 2022

HOUGHTON — Promote the Vote, a petition drive that aims to amend Michigan’s constitution in order to protect voting rights, is gaining support among Copper Country community members. Promote the Vote contains a number of legislative proposals that include expanding absentee voting access, creating an extended early voting period, upholding the affidavit option, and allowing […]

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Column: Here’s what we’ve learned from Michigan’s independent redistricting process

April 27, 2022

Michigan residents recently concluded a historic experiment in representative democracy. For the first time, the drawing of voting districts that will shape our representation in Washington, D.C., and Lansing for an entire decade was not led by self-interested politicians.  Thanks to the hard work of Voters Not Politicians and their allies to pass a redistricting […]

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