Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed two bills today, including one to limit her use of an emergency alert system.
Republican lawmakers adopted the bills to show their frustration with the governor’s use of an emergency alert system that sent messages to mobile phones reminding people of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders and mask requirements.
In her veto letter, Whitmer said – quote: “This bill would add complexity to the administration of the state’s public threat alert system, making it harder for law enforcement officers to do their jobs and making Michiganders less safe.”
She also said that the bill missed its mark. That’s because the communications system in the bill is NOT the one used by the state last year to send alerts to mobile phones on COVID-19 orders.
Whitmer said the system in the bill has been used only once, and that was to alert people about an active shooter situation.
