Michigan State Senator and Majority Leader Mike Shirkey appeared on WKHM’s AM Jackson with Greg O’Connor last week and was asked about the three proposals on the ballot. He started with Proposal 2:
“The kinds of things in it (Proposal 2) I believe are very problematic when you try to put it in a constitution. For instance, if we put into the Constitution that never shall there be a requirement for photo ID to vote and we discover, as I believe we will, that that’s a big mistake. Changing it is a heavy, heavy, heavy lift. Putting into the Constitution that everybody, every registered voter, automatically gets an absentee ballot. On the surface that may sound good, but it’s going to be an enormous amount of increased work for Clerks, and then keeping track of them because people are fluid and move around. It’s just an unnecessary thing to put in a constitution”. Shirkey wrapped up his thoughts with this “These things if they are right, then they should be in statute, and then if they are in statute and you find that they need to be tweaked, you can do that”.
Follow the link below to read the proposal language for each of the three proposals on the Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 ballot.
