URGENT ACTION NEEDED: CONTACT STATE SENATORS (from Michigan ACLU) This week, we are asking you all to take action to oppose Senate Bill 285, Senate Bill 303, and Senate Bill 304. On Wednesday, May 26 at 2 p.m. EST, the Michigan Senate Elections committee will be taking testimony on Senate Bills 285, 303, and 304. These voter suppression bills will create unnecessary restrictions designed to make it harder for some people to vote. The bills will eliminate Michigan’s long-functioning system of allowing a voter to prove who they are by signing an affidavit under penalty of perjury if they arrive at a polling place without ID. The bills go so far as to require you to send a copy of your ID through the mail if you […]

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: CONTACT STATE SENATORS MUUSJN is working in coordination with the “Promote the Vote Coalition”, ACLU People Power and the ACLU of Michigan, Voters Not Politicians, the NAACP and other groups that are working to oppose voter suppression in Michigan. We are sending you action alerts for different voter suppression bills that are being heard each week in the Michigan Senate Elections Committee that meets at 2 p.m. each Wednesday. Jessica Ayoub, Public Engagement Specialist with the Michigan ACLU is sending action alerts week before these hearings. To get on her list, email Jessica at jayoub@aclumich.org For more information on MUUSJN efforts to promote the vote and oppose voter suppression, contact randyblock@yahoo.com. We’ve just begun to fight! A Message from Jessica Ayoub: This […]

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: CONTACT YOUR STATE SENATOR BACKGROUND: This Wednesday, March 24th, the Michigan GOP introduced a package of 39 bills that constitute an assault on democracy. These bills suppress the vote and make it harder to cast a ballot. It’s part of a national effort to suppress the vote based on “the big lie” that the 2020 Presidential election was “stolen”. Coined as “protecting election integrity,” these bills aim to make it harder to vote. Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey has expressed support for this legislations. Republicans state that these bills “will ensure election integrity and restore trust in the election system.” Democrats claim that the bills “attempt to silence voters.” Click HERE for more information. Among other things, these bills would eliminate drop boxes, require […]