The Detroit Free Press: on Government Reform


Kamala Harris: New voting rights act; make Election Day a holiday

[Harris Supports] a new voting rights act that would automatically register people to vote; make election day a national holiday and fight back against Republican efforts to suppress the vote.
Source: Detroit Free Press on Democratic 2020 Veepstakes May 5, 2019

Perry Johnson: Disqualifying me from ballot disenfranchises millions

Perry , a Republican gubernatorial hopeful who was disqualified from appearing on the ballot for the August primary, filed a federal lawsuit in a last-ditch attempt to stop ballots from being printed without his name.

Johnson was one of five Republican gubernatorial contenders who were disqualified from appearing on the ballot after state election officials found issues with petition signatures submitted by their respective campaigns. In the complaint, Johnson's campaign argues that Michigan voters would be disenfranchised if he was not placed on the ballot, writing, "it is in the public's interest to ensure that the fraudulent actions of a few do not cause the disenfranchisement of millions of Michigan voters who support and want to vote for Johnson as their Governor."

Johnson's campaign turned in over 23,000 signatures, but Bureau of Elections staff found around 9,400 of the signatures to be invalid, leaving Johnson short of the 15,000 required to get on the ballot.

Source: Detroit Free Press on 2022 Michigan Gubernatorial race Jun 6, 2022

Mike Rogers: Opposes overturning fair elections; Biden lawfully won

Rogers initially worked as a member of former President Donald Trump's transition team as a national security adviser and was interviewed as a possible FBI director. But he criticized efforts to overturn fair elections, including those by Trump and his allies in 2020. He has said that he believes Biden was lawfully elected.
Source: Detroit Free Press on 2024 Michigan Senate race Sep 6, 2023

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