2014 Michigan Governor's race: on Government Reform


Rick Snyder: Vetoed voter identification bill

Tea party conservatives criticize the first-term governor for vetoing a voter identification bill, proposing higher fees and taxes to fix Michigan roads, and supporting an Obama administration bailout of the auto industry early in the term.

Snyder, finishing the third year of his first four-year term in the only political office he's ever held, says he's neither RINO nor radical, but a governor who's doing what he can to turn the state's economy fully to the positive. "I'm a person that doesn't get overly focused on politics," Snyder said. "I don't spend time worrying about what the far right or the far left thinks. It's really a case of, 'Here's a problem, here's common sense, here's a solution.'"

Source: Macomb Daily on 2014 Michigan Governor race Dec 10, 2013

Jennifer Granholm: Voter ID laws, limits on early voting are about suppression

In November, five million eligible voters will find it harder to exercise their rights in America -- 150 voter suppression laws have been introduced in 30 state legislatures across the country. The most common tactics: requiring photo ID, restricting registration drives, limiting early voting and imposing onerous residency requirements. Who do these laws most directly affect? The poor, the elderly, minorities and the young. And how do those groups typically vote? Democratic.
Source: Michigan Radio on 2014 Michigan Gubernatorial race May 23, 2012

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