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Nov 9, 2022 · Published November 9, 2022 at 6:53 AM EST. Michigan voters approved Proposal 2 by a large margin in Tuesday's election. The constitutional amendment protects the fundamental right to vote, and prohibits activities including the passage of laws that interfere with or burden that right. The amendment also:
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What voting and election policies did Proposal 2 address?
1. 1.1. See also: Measure design Proposal 2 added several voting and election policies to the Michigan Constitution. As of 2022, Article II, Section 4(a) of the Michigan Constitution provided voters with specific election-related rights. Proposal 3, which voters approved in 2018, added these rights. Proposal 2 added language regarding additional voting-related rights and provided citizens standing to bring legal actions to enforce these in circuit court. A detailed list of the initiative's pr...
What did Proposal 2 change about the Michigan Constitution?
Proposal 2 added several voting and election policies to the Michigan Constitution. Some of these policies were new, such as early voting. Others existed as state statute and were codified as constitutional law, such as the state's requirementthat voters show identification or sign an affidavit when voting in person. As provisions of the Michigan Constitution, legislators can not repeal or amend these policies without first passing a constitutional amendment, which would require voter approva...
Who was behind the campaigns surrounding Proposal 2?
1. 1.1. See also: Campaign finance Promote the Vote 2022 led the campaign in support of Proposal 2. In 2018, the ACLU of Michigan, NAACP Michigan State Conference, and League of Women Voters of Michigan launched Promote the Vote. The campaign was behind 2018's Proposal 3, which enacted automatic voter registration, no-excuse absentee voting, and other voting policies. For Proposal 2, Promote the Vote raised $23.60 million, including $11.26 million from the Sixteen Thirty Fund. Secure MI Vote...
Lindsey, et al, v. Whitmer, et al.
On September 28, 2023, 11 Michigan lawmakers, including Sen. Jonathan Lindsey (R), and Rep. Steve Carra (R), filed a lawsuit with the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The lawsuit said that the changes in election policy approved by voters in 2018 and in 2022, saying that the both ballot measures approved by voters, Proposal 3 in 2018 and Proposal 2in 2020, violated Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which says that state legislatures to...
Click on the arrows (▼) belowfor summaries of the different provisions of Proposal 2. Constitutional language on right to vote:Changes to Section 4(a), Article II, Michigan Constitution Voter identification requirements:Add the identification or affadvit requirement to the Michigan Constitution Early voting:Require an early voting period in Michiga...
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Constitutional changes
1. 1.1. See also: Article II, Michigan Constitution The ballot measure amended Article 2, Section 4 and Section 7, of the Michigan Constitution. The following underlined text were added and struck-throughtext would be deleted: Note: Use your mouse to scroll over the below text to see the full text.
Promote the Vote 2022 led the campaign in support of Proposal 2. Promote the Vote was behind 2018's Proposition 3, which enacted policies allowing for straight-ticket voting, automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration, and no-excuse absentee voting.
Secure MI Vote and Protect MI Voter ID led the campaign in opposition to Proposal 2. Secure MI Vote also supported an indirect initiative, which was designed to require an identification cardto cast an in-person or absentee ballot and prohibit local governments from accepting private funds or in-kind contributions for election administration. Secur...
Michigan Proposal 3
1. 1.1. See also: Michigan Proposal 3, Voting Policies in State Constitution Initiative (2018) Promote the Vote sponsored Proposal 3, an initiated constitutional amendment, in 2018. Proposal 3 was approved, receiving 66.90 percent of the vote. The ballot initiative added several voting policies to the Michigan Constitution, including straight-ticket voting, automatic voter registration, same-day voter registration, and no-excuse absentee voting. In 2018, the ACLU of Michigan, NAACP Michigan S...
Michigan Senate Bill 303
In 2021, the Michigan State Legislature passed Senate Bill 303 (SB 303), a bill designed to address election and voting law. SB 303 was approved along partisan lines. In the Legislature, Republicans supported SB 303, and Democrats opposed the bill. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer(D) vetoed the legislation on October 29, 2021. SB 303 would have eliminated the option to sign an affidavit, rather than presenting an identification card, to vote at a polling place. Voters would have been required to provide...
Secure MI Vote-sponsored initiative
1. 1.1. See also: Michigan Require Voter ID and Prohibit Private Funding for Election Administration Purposes Initiative (2024) Secure MI Vote, a committee opposed to Proposal 2, is also sponsoring an indirect initiative, which was filed on September 27, 2021. The initiative would require identification for in-person and absentee voting, prohibit absentee ballot applications from being sent to electors without an elector requesting the application, and prohibit private funding and in-kind con...
Process in Michigan
In Michigan, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated constitutional amendment for the ballot is equal to 10 percent of votes cast for governorin the last gubernatorial election. Signatures older than 180 days are invalid, which means all signatures must be collected within a 180-day window. Amendment petitions must be filed 120 days prior to the election. The requirements to get an initiated constitutional amendment certified for the 2022 ballot: 1. Signatures: 425,059 valid...
Stages of this initiative
Promote the Vote 2022 filed an initiative petition with the State Board of Canvassers on January 31, 2022.The board voted to approve the petition form on February 11, allowing the campaign to begin collecting signatures. On July 11, Promote the Vote 2022 announced that supporters submitted 669,972 signatures.On August 25, the Michigan Bureau of Elections announced that 507,780 signatures were estimated to be valid. Attorneys for Defend Your Vote, a committee opposed to Proposal 2, challenged...
Jul 18, 2023 · LANSING, Mich. — Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of bipartisan legislation expanding voting rights. The bills implement Ballot Proposal 22-2, also known as ‘Prop 2,’ which was passed overwhelmingly by Michiganders last November. The new laws make it easier to vote in a secure way, ensuring Michiganders can make their ...
Oct 27, 2022 · 1:10. This fall, Michigan voters will weigh in on three statewide ballot proposals that would amend the Michigan Constitution to modify term limits for state lawmakers (Proposal 1), establish ...
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The proposal would provide for “the right to at least one (1) state-funded secure drop box for every municipality” and for one drop box for every 15,000 registered voters for municipalities (cities and townships) with more than 15,000 registered voters. According to data from the state Bureau of Elections (BOE), there were just over 1,100 ...
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Jun 30, 2023 · After 60% of state voters in November approved a constitutional amendment making sweeping changes to Michigan elections, lawmakers this week passed legislation to enact those reforms and included $46 million in their Fiscal Year 2024 budget to implement the amendment known as Proposal 2. “This is a huge change,” state Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou (D-East Lansing), […]
