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Gov.
Gretchen
Whitmer
vetoed
four
bills
Sunday
night
that she
said
would
"weaken
voting
rights"
and
suppress
votes in
Michigan.
Speaking
at the
Detroit
NAACP
Freedom
Fund
Dinner,
she said
the goal
of the
bills
was to
"perpetuate
the big
lie,"
the
false
claim
that the
2020
election
was
fraudulent.
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from
video
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Governor
Whitmer
veto's
'Big
Lie'
legislation
aimed at
suppressing
the vote
LANSING,
MI - At
the 66th
annual
NAACP
Freedom
Fund
Dinner
in
Detroit
on
Sunday
evening,
Governor
Whitmer
vetoed
several
bills,
including
House
Bills
4492,
4837,
and
4838,
which
attempted
to
either
suppress
the vote
or
perpetuate
the “Big
Lie” by
continuing
the
calculated
disinformation
campaign
to
discredit
the 2020
election.
“I will
always
protect
our
civil
rights
and
stand up
for our
democracy
that
countless
Americans
have
fought
to
preserve,”
said
Governor
Whitmer.
“That’s
why I
vetoed
legislation
that
would
have
perpetuated
the ‘Big
Lie’ or
made it
harder
for
Michiganders
to vote.
Right
now,
Michigan
Republicans
are
participating
in a
coordinated,
national
attack
on
voting
rights
that is
designed
to
undermine
confidence
in our
election
system
and
systematically
disenfranchise
Black
voters,
communities
of
color,
older
voters,
and
college
students.
I will
have no
part in
any
effort
that
grants
an ounce
of
credence
to this
deception,
so
harmful
to our
democracy.”
The 2020
election
was
free,
secure,
and
accurate.
The
results
were
certified
and
officially
audited
by
trusted
local
election
officials,
as
required
by law.
The
Michigan
Bureau
of
Elections
released
its
report
on the
250
post-election
audits
conducted
across
the
state,
affirming
the
accuracy
and
integrity
of
Michigan’s
November
2020
election.
Officials
also
conducted
a
statewide
audit
exercise,
by
hand-counting
votes
cast for
president
on more
than
18,000
ballots
randomly
selected
across
the
state,
which
affirmed
the
outcome
of the
presidential
election
as
previously
determined
by
tabulation
machines.
And
judges
appointed
by both
Republicans
and
Democrats
rejected
more
than 60
lawsuits
challenging
the
outcome.
“The
governor
demonstrated
once
again
that she
is the
people’s
governor,”
said
NAACP
Detroit
Chapter
President,
Rev. Dr.
Wendell
Anthony.
“She is
the
governor
wherever
she is
from her
desk in
Lansing
to a
dinner
at the
NAACP.
She is
still
Big
Gretch
and has
the pen
to prove
it!”
House
Bill
4492
would
make it
more
difficult
to
locate
polling
locations
in
senior
living
facilities
and
large
apartment
complexes,
among
other
defects.
House
Bill
4837
incorrectly
implies
that
third
parties
have
access
to the
Qualified
Voter
File
(QVF),
which
they do
not.
House
Bill
4838
claims
to
prohibit
the
electronic
poll
book at
each
election
precinct
or
absent
voter
(AV)
counting
board
from
being
connected
to the
internet
after
the
polls
open on
election
day and
until
the
results
have
been
tabulated
for that
precinct
and
transmitted
to the
appropriate
clerk.
However,
this
legislation
addresses
a
non-existent
problem
because
poll
books
currently
are not
connected
to the
internet
on
election
day and
until
the
results
have
been
tabulated
for that
precinct.
Together,
HB 4837
and 4838
perpetuate
the Big
Lie by
suggesting
there is
a defect
in our
election
system
which,
in fact,
does not
exist.
Additionally,
Governor
Whitmer
vetoed
House
Bill
4528,
which
concerns
training
for
election
challengers.
While
worth
further
consideration,
it must
have the
necessary
funding
to
accomplish
its
purpose,
but this
bill
does
include
such
funding.
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