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Michigan Voter ID Amendment Falters | Lansing News
A Michigan ballot measure seeking to mandate photo ID and citizenship proof for voting stumbled after falling just 17 signatures short of the required 434,000 — a setback that could derail its path to the ballot despite a $9 million campaign. The petition’s backers dispute the bureau’s rejection of some signatures as illegible, while opponents celebrate the blow, calling the proposal unnecessarily confusing and restrictive. Complicating matters further, a separate legal challenge questions whether the petition properly addressed constitutional impacts — though the bureau hasn’t ruled on that…
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