Michigan Voting Rights Act moves forward despite concerns from local clerks

A set of bills that would expand voting rights for non-English speakers and voters with disabilities is moving closer to becoming state law after the House elections committee voted Tuesday to advance the bills championed by Democrats and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

In a vote along party lines, the committee passed four bills that make up the proposed Michigan Voting Rights Act. Next, the bills will go before the entire House for a vote. They were approved by the Senate back in September after spending nearly a year in that chamber’s committee.

The bills aim to expand ballot access by providing ballots in more languages, create a voting data clearinghouse, codify protections for voters who may need help casting their ballot, and broadly aim to prevent voting suppression.

If signed into law, they would be yet another consequential change in Michigan’s election laws, which have seen massive changes in the past few years as voters have approved constitutional amendments to expand voting rights through same-day registration and early in-person voting.




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