Voting Rights

Voters get 9 days of early voting, while security measures put in place

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed several voting rights bills Tuesday. Some of the bills are part of enacting the voting rights amendment adopted last year by voters

Early primary or presidential swing states considering more election funding include Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina and Wisconsin.MI Sec. of State Benson wants to address the “historic disinvestment in Michigan elections."

Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons join us.

State guidance on handling poll watchers will remain in place for next week’s general election. That's after a new order from the Michigan Supreme Court

Recent decisions by Republican officials or judges have blocked votes in Arizona, Arkansas and Michigan.

Michigan elections officials are evaluating whether a pair of constitutional amendments should appear on the November ballot.

Democrats warned of longer lines in urban areas and other problems.

The initiative would toughen a requirement that voters submit photo identification, eliminating an option that lets those without one submit an affidavit and vote.

THE ISSUE:Who should be able to vote and how easy should it be?It's a question that goes to the core of democracy. Voting rights are in flux in the final…