WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Aug. 11, pro-voting groups filed a lawsuit challenging a Michigan statute that makes it a misdemeanor to “hire a motor vehicle” to transport voters to the polls unless they are “physically unable to walk.” According to the lawsuit, which was filed in state court, “no other state has an equivalent prohibition.”

  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Push a measure to do 100% vote by mail. We’ve had it for 23 years now, it works WONDERS.

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      Michigan already has universal mail in voting for anyone who wants it without cause.
      It’s nice. You sign up to get sent a ballot for every election if you want, and they just send you one for every election you get to vote in.

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        1 year ago

        Yup, that’s the way it works here, except there’s no sign up other than registering to vote, and if you have a drivers license or state ID card, you’re automatically registered.

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    Looks like the law came about in 1895 as an attempt to stop people from using transportation as a form of buying votes.
    The context of transportation has changed a bit since then, so it wouldn’t surprise me if it got tossed out by the legislature, given all the pro-voting stuff the state has had recently.