FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Contact:
Christy McGillivray, christy.mcgillivray@sierraclub.org
Tim Minotas, tim.minotas@sierraclub.org
Voter Suppression: Senate Elections Committee busy rushing laws to Suppress the vote in Michigan
Lansing, MI - Today, the Michigan Senate Elections Committee, took up a handful of bills that are a part of a larger package of anti-voter legislation aimed at making it more difficult for Michiganders to vote. The justification for these bills are based on widespread lies and disinformation about the 2020 election. Senate Bill 287, one of the most concerning bills taken up in committee today, would bar local clerks from offering prepaid postage on absentee ballot envelopes, something many clerks across Michigan did to make it easier to vote.
In response, Christy McGillivray the Legislative and Political Director of Sierra Club’s Michigan Chapter, released the following statement:
“These bills should be seen for what they are– blatant voter suppression tactics aimed at slashing opportunities for all voters to participate in absentee voting. After the successful administration of our 2020 elections, in which a record number of Michiganders safely and securely cast absentee ballots, Senate Republicans are trying to make it harder for Michiganders to vote. We should be building on the successes of the 2020 election and expanding access to the ballot instead of winding back the clock and making it harder to vote.”
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