Make it easier to vote in Michigan, not harder
Michigan House, Michigan Senate, Governor Snyder
UPDATE 1/19/16:
A couple weeks ago, Governor Snyder signed SB 13 into law (and also SB 571, which allows more dark money into Michigan elections). SB 13 removed straight ticket voting, so there will be much longer lines at crowded polling places on major elections. His comment during the bill signing was "To alleviate concerns that this change could lead to longer wait times for voters, I'm asking the Legislature to enact secured no-reason absentee voting." Since the Senate specifically refused a companion bill that would have expanded absentee voting, and forced the House to go along with it in a late night of sausage-making in Lansing, this seems unlikely (to put it mildly). Another black eye for Michigan.
This idea (removing straight ticket voting) has been proposed before in Michigan and rejected by a vote of the people. This time, the Michigan legislature has added an appropriation so it can't be overturned at the ballot box.
The bill has passed the Senate already, but the House has not voted yet. Please take a moment to let your legislator know that you are watching, and want them to work on solutions that will help people to vote (such as no reason absentee, early voting, same day registration) instead of disenfranchising Michigan voters.
More about the bill: http://michiganradio.org/post/local-clerks-blast-bill-eliminate-straight-ticket-voting-michigan
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The Michigan Legislature is considering a bill (SB 13) that would remove straight ticket voting, making it so there will be much longer lines at polling places on major elections. Tell your legislators now to vote against SB 13 and stop disenfranchising Michigan voters.