Michigan Lawmakers Repeal Voter Restriction Law Challenged by Voting Rights Advocates
November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Priorities USA, a progressive political action committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2023:
Recently Michigan lawmakers repealed the state's century-old voter transportation ban, which made it a criminal offense to hire paid transportation to take voters to the polls. The voter transportation ban, which was a product of 19th-century attempts to suppress the votes of the poor, had only a single, narrow exception for voters who are "physic . . .
Recently Michigan lawmakers repealed the state's century-old voter transportation ban, which made it a criminal offense to hire paid transportation to take voters to the polls. The voter transportation ban, which was a product of 19th-century attempts to suppress the votes of the poor, had only a single, narrow exception for voters who are "physic . . .