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SB 367: Implementing early voting.

admin — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:53:18 +0000

The bill defines the process for implementing early voting provisions. Municipalities can elect to provide their own early voting center(s), combine with other municipalities within the same county to offer a multi-jurisdictional early voting center or enter into an agreement with the county clerk to coordinate a county-run early voting center.

The bill requires that under any option, each municipal clerk must file an early voting plan with the county clerk not later than 120 days before the first state or federal election in even-numbered years. Municipalities entering into a multi-jurisdictional or county agreement would only need to submit one early voting plan for those participating municipalities. At a minimum, each agreement shall cover all the state and federal elections held in an even-numbered year and participating clerks would not be able to withdraw from an agreement until after the canvass of the last state or federal election in that calendar year.

Feel free to call and ask your township or county clerk to find out how poorly implemented this law has been and what a nightmare it’s been for clerks. And given that the State has still not reimbursed townships and counties for costs incurred from previous election laws passed (2020 or 2022), expect it to eat further into the limited resources of local governments.

Nesbitt voted no.

Wendzel voted no.

Bill passed and signed by governor.

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Signed into law July 18, 2023: PA 81 of 2023

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Michigan Democrats Try Criminalizing GPS Use. Wendzel Votes Against.

admin — Mon, 01 May 2023 23:38:58 +0000

HB 4250 – 4252 would have outlawed the use of GPS on your phone, making it only legal if it was part of the vehicle. The movie 2000 Mules documented massive voter fraud in Michigan by using GPS data to track it. Democrats were hoping to use this bill to prevent exposure of their illegal activity. The bill was also seen as a major handout to the Michigan insurance lobby, helping to further increase automotive insurance rates.

Rep. Wendzel voted against.

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SB 259 – Overseas absentee ballots

admin — Mon, 01 May 2023 23:15:37 +0000

The bill would accept overseas ballots that have no postmark. Allows accepting ballots arriving up to 6 days after the election. It also allows the Secretary of State to issue rules which is a violation of the Administrative Procedures Act. And it removes ballot integrity rules. The Democrats couched this as a means to secure military ballots. But they are using these overseas voters as a means to make it easier to cheat. It loosens rules, give the Secretary of State arbitrary power to count votes, and a six day leeway on an election that should have its votes counted in a single day (like the rest of the world).

Sen. Nesbitt voted no.

Wendzel voted no.

Bill passed and signed by governor on May 1, 2023: PA 25 of 2023

B ill Details

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