MI-GOV Megathread: 👵🏻 Gram died alone.

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I missed this on election night but looks like Prop 2 in Michigan passed comfortably by 60-40. Prop 2 is related to voting related policies.

From Ballotpedia -

A “yes” vote supported adding several election and voting-related policies to the Michigan Constitution, including some policies that exist in statute and others which would be new. Proposal 2 added the following policies to the state constitution: 

• creating a nine-day early voting period;

• requiring voters to present photo identification or sign an affidavit when voting in person or applying for an absentee ballot;

• requiring that military and overseas ballots postmarked by election day are counted;

• providing voters with a right to request an absentee ballot;

• requiring the state to fund prepaid stamps and a tracking system for absentee ballots

• requiring the state to fund a number of absentee ballot dropboxes;

• providing that local governments can accept charitable and in-kind donations to assist with running elections as long as donations are disclosed and aren’t from foreign entities; and

• providing that election officials are responsible for election audits, requiring election audits to be conducted in public, and requiring election results to be certified based on votes cast.

Proposal 2 also added constitutional language saying that "harassing, threatening, or intimidating conduct," as well as laws, regulations, and practices, that have "the intent or effect of denying, abridging, interfering with, or unreasonably burdening the fundamental right to vote" are prohibited.