MI: GOP bid to strip power from Democratic secretary of state likely dead

[RandySF]

Lansing — A Senate Republican power play proposal to shift campaign oversight from Democratic Secretary of State-elect Jocelyn Benson to a new political commission is poised to die in the Michigan House.

The House Elections Committee will not take up the controversial legislation when it meets Wednesday morning for the last time of the year, said Rep. Aaron Miller, who chairs the panel.

With two days left in the lame-duck session, the proposal is “dead” in committee, Miller, R-Sturgis, said late Tuesday. “No games are going to be played tomorrow. Full disclosure, those bills are not coming up tomorrow.”

While it’s possible the GOP-led House still could discharge the legislation from committee for floor action, a caucus source told The Detroit News that is not expected to happen.

Instead, the House is unlikely to act on the proposal, which prompted national media coverage as part of a Republican push to strip powers from incoming Democrats who swept the top of the ticket on Nov. 6.


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/michigan/2018/12/18/michigan-house-kills-bid-strip-power-secretary-state/2358789002/

[Cha]

1. WOW! And, can't wait until it's

Officially DEAD!

What got into the MI gop Not to "play games"?!

[wryter2000]

2. Yeah

What got into them to do the right thing? I hope it's going to be a trend

[catbyte]

3. I suspect it's the prospect of them being a minority in the near future.

With the anti-gerrymandering prop that we passed in November, all of the gerrymandered districts in Michigan will be ungerrymandered, leading to much fairer elections. Hence, they know they will probably lose the majority they've had since 2011. If they give the legislature more power, they realize they'd probably just be handing that power to Democrats. They're evil, but not stupid. That's my guess.

[Cha]

4. Sounds really logical.. Good to hear about

the future anti-gerrymandering in MI.

wish that could happen in Wisconsin!

Thank You for your explanation, catbyte.