COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A group aiming to tighten voter ID rules and require proof if citizenship to register to vote in Michigan says it has collected more than enough signatures to make the November ballot.
The Americans for Citizen Voting ballot committee needed to collect 446,196 valid voter signatures to put its proposal before voters this fall so far they have exceeded 750,000.
Kristin Combs, the group’s general consultant, says she’s confident the committee has more than enough to make the ballot now, but will continue collecting signatures until turning them in later this month.
The proposal would require Michiganders to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote, show a photo ID each election to have their ballot counted and require the secretary of state to purge the voter rolls of every person whose citizenship cannot be verified.
Voting rights group Voters Not Politician has balked at the proposal saying “plain and simple, this proposal undermines our right to vote”.
If state officials validate signatures for the proof-of-citizenship petition, it would become Proposal 2 on Michigan’s November ballot.
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