04-27-2021, 07:41 PM
Sam3 wrote:
[quote=AllGold]
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There is a petition drive to nullify the law that gives emergency powers. They have enough signatures and if certified, it can go directly to the Republican-majority legislature and it will be veto proof.
Yeah, isn't that a nice quirk in the law, 1/10th of the population gets to decide what everyone will have to do. (if my math is correct). Approx. 350,000 signatures are need to get a petition put on a ballot, or, if the legislature wants, they can debate and vote on that petition. If it passes, the ballot initiative becomes a veto-proof law, the ballot initiative doesn't have to appear on the ballot anymore. So a minority can make the rules, if the legislature approves.
Definitely bad lawmaking.
The problem is the Republican-majority legislature doesn't represent a majority of voters because of gerrymandering. Fortunately, that will soon change in Michigan with the independent redistricting commission (which, by the way, is the result of a ballot initiative). Republicans know they will lose their majority and are trying to ram through everything they can before the clock runs out.