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catbyte

(34,403 posts) Wed Jan 16, 2019, 04:07 PM Jan 2019

I'm glad that MI Secretary of State is pushing back against GOP lame duck

anti-petition bill.

Link to tweet

Secretary of State @JocelynBenson is asking Attorney General @DanaNessel for her legal opinion on the laws signed during #LameDuck that make ballot petitions more difficult by placing geographic boundaries on them.

2:12 PM - Jan 16, 2019

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I'm glad that MI Secretary of State is pushing back against GOP lame duck (Original Post) catbyte Jan 2019 OP

I had no doubt she would do this Siwsan Jan 2019 #1

I hope that, too, but we may have to wait until 2022 after the bipartisan commission catbyte Jan 2019 #2

Guess I'm hoping more Michiganders wake up!! Siwsan Jan 2019 #3

We did! They lost their supermajority, and I think we have a real chance to regain the catbyte Jan 2019 #4

Siwsan

(26,269 posts)

1. I had no doubt she would do this

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 04:11 PM

Jan 2019

I sure hope we can take the majority, in 2020 and get the 'right to work' overturned, and bring back the film incentives.

catbyte

(34,403 posts)

2. I hope that, too, but we may have to wait until 2022 after the bipartisan commission

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 04:15 PM

Jan 2019

redraws the districts. They'll still be gerrymandered in 2020, but hope springs eternal!

Siwsan

(26,269 posts)

3. Guess I'm hoping more Michiganders wake up!!

Reply to catbyte (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 04:17 PM

Jan 2019

And I think we saw that starting to trend, in 2018!

catbyte

(34,403 posts)

4. We did! They lost their supermajority, and I think we have a real chance to regain the

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 04:31 PM

Jan 2019

House. The Senate will be a tougher challenge, but not impossible. I'm hopeful, too.

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