How The Ballot Amendment Process Became Democrats’ New Strategy To Entrench Their Agenda Into Law – By Shawn Fleetwood (The Federalists) / June 23, 2023
Advancing policy doesn’t require legislative majorities or control of the executive, but rather the willpower and money needed to convince enough voters to approve it.
It’s no secret Republicans suffered disappointing electoral outcomes in the 2022 midterms. Of all the highly-contested states, however, it’s Michigan where such defeats have proven the most consequential.
In addition to reelecting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and giving Democrats total control of the state legislature, Michigan voters passed Props 2 and 3 — two ballot initiatives that enshrined both the left’s election takeover and rights to abortion and kids’ trans surgeries into the state’s constitution. As a result, neither Michigan’s elections nor its unborn are safe from leftist policies.
Over just a few short months, Michigan Democrats have been hard at work dismantling the state’s election system by advancing legislation expanding the use of state-funded ballot drop boxes and gutting safeguards for mail-in voting. Regarding Prop 3, Whitmer signed into law in April a measure repealing a 1931 statute that banned baby-killing in Michigan.
