Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says her legislative agenda for the year with a goal of advancing the vote and protecting democracy. Assistant Secretary of State Heaster Wheeler outlined the basics.
“Require that absentee ballot applications be mailed to registered voters every federal election cycle; require that ballots are counted if postmarked by Election Day and received shortly thereafter; and establish early in-person voting at clerk’s offices and satellite offices prior to Election Day,” says Wheeler
The department wants to make Election Day a state holiday, help get people to and from the polls, and ban weapons within 100 feet of polling locations. Benson says with a Republican majority in the Legislature, she is “wholeheartedly” open to other ideas as long as they are data-driven.
