Bill to eliminate straight-party voting “just plain wrong”
LANSING – Michigan AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber issued the following statement today commenting on Governor Rick Snyder signing Senate Bill 13, which will make voting harder in Michigan.
“This law will make it harder for people to vote in Michigan, and that’s just plain wrong,” said Ron Bieber. “Local clerks from all over the state testified that this bill will mean even longer lines at the polls this November – hurting our seniors, and voters who live in urban communities. It’s pretty clear that Governor Snyder and Lansing Republicans didn’t listen and don’t care. Instead of creating new barriers to the ballot box, they should be working to expand access to voting through no-reason absentee voting and expanded early voting. The people of Michigan deserve better.”
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