Michigan Republicans nearly overturned the 2020 vote. A new measure could prevent a repeat

Proposal 2 is the first measure of its kind, explicitly designed to block partisan actors from overturning elections

Seventy-two hours before election day, Anne Ballew and her husband Tom Porter spent their Saturday afternoon darting up and down stoops to knock on doors in Dearborn, just outside of Detroit. But Ballew and Porter weren't there to talk about Michigan's races for governor, US House, attorney general, or secretary of state.

They were there to pitch voters on an under-the-radar measure in Michigan that could dramatically protect democracy in the state and offer a roadmap of how to do it elsewhere.