LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Just days after the deadly shooting at Michigan State University that left three people dead and five others injured, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced she is working with state lawmakers to ban firearms at polling places. In addition, Benson wants to enact a Michigan Voting Rights Act
“The time for only thoughts and prayers is over,” said Benson, repeating the same phrase that many of her Democratic colleagues said this week.
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Benson announced the provision as part of a Michigan Voting Rights Act that she is working with lawmakers to pass this year. It would ban firearms within 100 feet of polling places and other election venues. In addition, she said she is drafting it with input from clerks, voting advocates, and what she referred to as “other stakeholders.”
According to a press release from Benson’s office, the Michigan Voting Rights Act would prohibit voter suppression, expand the number of jurisdictions that must translate election-related information into other languages, enhance and clarify protections for voters with disabilities or others who need assistance to participate in elections, and prohibit intimidation, coercion, and deceptive practices in elections.
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