The Democrat-led group Promote the Vote is funded by out-of-state, and even international sources. | Pexels/Edmond Dantès
The Democrat-led group Promote the Vote is funded by out-of-state, and even international sources. | Pexels/Edmond Dantès
As organizers behind a ballot initiative are mounting a push toward the November election, election integrity advocates are sounding the alarm. A local activist says the Promote the Vote ballot initiative will weaken Michigan election law, which is opposed by a supermajority of Michiganders from across the political spectrum.
Detroit Free Press reports that the Board of State Canvassers, a bipartisan committee, is meeting Wednesday to vote on whether organizers of ballot initiatives collected enough voter signatures to secure a place on the ballot for the November election. Organizers must collect a minimum of 425,059 signatures from Michigan voters in order to secure a spot on the ballot.
The Democrat-led group Promote the Vote is funded by out-of-state, and even international sources, including billionaire George Soros, Politico reported.
"Promote the Vote is doing everything in its power to deceive Michiganders. This globalist-backed, dark-money group is undermining trust in our institutions, threatening our election integrity and is a threat to our democratic process and to the security of our country," Kenneth Thompson, a west Michigan-based political activist, said.
A vast majority of funding for Michigan's ballot proposal Promote the Vote came from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Together, the amount given from the national ACLU group in New York and the amount given from ACLU’s Michigan branch accounts for 86% of Promote the Vote’s funding, according to Bridge MI. ACLU has a history of being funded by Soros' Open Society Foundations.
According to Campaign Finance Contribution data from the Michigan Secretary of State's Office, Promote the Vote received $2,597,768.06 from the ACLU.
Voters do not currently need to show a photo ID to register to vote. A utility bill qualifies as a form of ID, according to the Michigan Secretary of State's Office.
Great Lakes Wire reported that a supermajority, 75%, of Michiganders support showing an ID in order to vote.
Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently vetoed Republican-led efforts to secure Michigan elections including voter ID, Great Lakes Wire reported.
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