Article 5H2CW Why Michigan Republicans’ attack on voting rights is ‘particularly anti-democratic’

Why Michigan Republicans’ attack on voting rights is ‘particularly anti-democratic’

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Sam Levine in New York and Tom Perkins in Detroit
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The Democratic governor, Gretchen Whitmer, is likely to veto bills to curb voter access, but Republicans are hinting they will use a loophole to implement the measures

On the surface, the Republican effort to roll back voting rights in Michigan looks similar to what's happening in states around the country: after Donald Trump narrowly lost a key battleground state where there was record turnout, Republicans are moving swiftly to implement sweeping restrictions to curtail access to the ballot box.

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