Urge Three Michigan Representatives to Oppose Two Voter Suppression Bills
By MUUSJN on Friday, June 25th, 2021
Michigan Bills Add ID Requirements That Make It Harder to Vote in Person or Absentee
URGENT: EMAIL THREE STATE REPRESENTATIVES
The fight to challenge voter suppression bills is coming to the Michigan House of Representatives. Two strict voter ID bills (SB 303 and SB 304) were adopted in the Senate and were sent to the Michigan House of Representatives Elections and Ethics Committee. MUUSJN, as a partner with the America Votes – Michigan coalition, urges its activists to email and call three key legislators before noon this Wednesday when the committee starts taking testimony on SB 303 and SB 304. A vote in the full House could follow on the same day.
These Voter ID bills will create unnecessary restrictions designed to make it harder for some people to vote in person or absentee.
SB 303 and SB 304 requires a state ID in order to vote in person on election day. It removes the option to simply sign an affidavit if you don’t have or forgot a suitable ID. The affidavit system has worked for decades in Michigan. These bills go so far as to require you to send a copy of your ID through the mail if you’re requesting an absentee ballot, putting your personal security at risk.
Michigan voters turned out in historic numbers in the 2020 election, one of the state’s most secure elections. No matter what we look like or where we come from, all Michiganders want our voices to be heard in our democracy and our voting rights protected.
THREE THINGS YOU CAN DO:
- Submit testimony (a “card”) by sending an email to the Committee clerk: Amy Roskowycz, arostkowycz@house.mi.gov
- Email the Committee Chair: Ann Bollin (annbollin@house.mi.gov); the Majority Vice Chair: Rep. Pauline Wendzel (PaulineWendzel@house.mi.gov); & Minority Vice Chair: Rep. Matt Koleszar (mattkoleszar@house.mi.gov)
- Share this email with your networks of activist friends.
TELL THESE REPRESENTATIVES TO VOTE NO ON SB 303 & SB 304
These Voter ID bills will create unnecessary restrictions designed to make it harder for some people to vote in person or absentee.
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