MI Right to Vote: The Right to Vote Proposal

MI Right to Vote:

The Right to Vote Michigan ballot Proposal for 2022

Strengthening Democracy by making the right to vote a fundamental enumerated right by putting it in Article I of the Michigan constitution

MI Right to Vote: The Right to Vote Proposal:


What it does:

1. Does makes the right to vote a fundamental enumerated right in the Michigan constitution.

 

2. Does requires clear evidence of fraud for any proposed law limiting the right to vote.

 

3. Does allows the Secretary of State and local election administrators to continue to send unsolicited absentee ballot applications.

 

4. Does provides one voter drop box for every 15,000 registered voters in a city or township

 

5. Does provides pre-paid postage for absentee ballot applications and the absentee ballots.


6. Does continues the right to use a
photo ID, a sworn affidavit or a matched signature to verify identity to vote.

 

7. Does continues the right of a voter to submit an absentee voter application without having to provide all or part of the voter’s social security number or driver’s license number or a copy of the voter’s photo ID. 

 

8. Does allows grants and donations to cities and townships for election administration, including permitting churches to donate their spaces as precincts.

 

9. Does requires 2 weekends of in-person absentee voting to help with the future increase of absentee voting. 

MI RIGHT TO VOTE

"ARTICLE I, DECLARATION OF RIGHTS Voting. Sec. 28. THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT THAT SHALL BE PROMOTED AND ENCOURAGED BY THE STATE BY TAKING ALL REASONABLE STEPS NECESSARY TO ASSURE THAT EVERY CITIZEN RESIDING IN THIS STATE WHO IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE SHALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE IN ALL ELECTIONS."

“The Michigan Constitution is very close to the People. One of the proposed amendments explicitly makes the right to vote fundamental under that Constitution. The other amendment, among other things, would prevent the legislature from interfering with the People’s right of referendum. It is clearly in the public interest for the People to adopt these amendments.”

Dr. Robert Sedler, distinguished professor at Wayne State University Law School