Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 28, 2023

CONTACT: press@securedemocracyusa.org

Michigan Puts Voters First With Passage of Promote The Vote Bills

Lansing, Mich.  – This week, the Michigan legislature passed a series of bills implementing the Promote the Vote (Proposal 2) initiative approved by the voters in the 2022 general election. The legislative package now heads to Governor Whitmer for her signature.

Statement from Secure Democracy USA Director of Advocacy Diego Echeverri:

"Michigan voters demanded fair, secure, and accessible elections last fall, and that’s exactly what the Promote the Vote proposals do. The legislature has sent Governor Whitmer a strong package of bills that will ensure free and fair elections in Michigan, and we strongly urge her to sign them into law.”

The legislative package includes:

• Nine days of in-person early voting, including the last two weekends before Election Day

• Signature cure processes for absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots

• Ballot tracking for all absentee ballots

• Minimum access and security requirements for drop boxes

• Option for all voters to sign up to receive absentee ballots automatically for every election

• Earlier processing and tabulation of absentee ballots

• On-site tabulation of absentee ballots returned to an early voting site or polling place

• Pre-paid postage for absentee ballots

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