The straight-ticket voting bill which the governor signed was Senate Bill 13
http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2015-SB-0013 The “gag-order” bill is Senate Bill 571
http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2015-SB-0571 which the governor has not signed.
Lots of election related legislative activity going on.
Kevin
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Kevin Driedger
Librarian for Conservation and Digitization
Library of Michigan
P.O. Box 30007
702 W. Kalamazoo
Lansing, MI 48913
517-373-9440
www.facebook.com/conservation.at.lm
www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan
From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org]
On Behalf Of Robert P. Holley
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 7:30 AM
To: Steven K. Bowers <sbowers@wayne.edu>; Michlib-l ListServ <michlib-l@mcls.org>
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] ALA President Sari Feldman Interviewed on WDET
Snyder signs bill eliminating straight-ticket voting
Yes, he has. Here is the headline from freep.com
Bob
Dr. Robert P. Holley
Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University
13303 Borgman Avenue
Huntington Woods, MI 48070-1005
email: aa3805@wayne.edu
phone: 248-547-0306
From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org>
on behalf of Steven K. Bowers <sbowers@wayne.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 6:57 AM
To: Michlib-l ListServ
Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] ALA President Sari Feldman Interviewed on WDET
I believe the law has not yet been signed by the governor. We are still hoping to get him to veto the legislation.
More info at:
http://www.milibraries.org/mla-urges-governor-snyder-to-veto-sb-571/
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www.milibraries.org Michigan Library Association Urges Governor Snyder to Veto SB 571. Michigan Library Association (MLA) is urging
Governor Rick Snyder to Veto SB 571. |
Please sign the petition asking for a veto!
-Steve
From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org>
on behalf of Robert P. Holley <aa3805@wayne.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 8:25 PM
To: Michlib-l ListServ
Subject: [Michlib-l] ALA President Sari Feldman Interviewed on WDET
Around 4:45 this afternoon, I heard an interview on WDET with Sari Feldman, ALA President, on the just signed law the prohibits all government bodies from distributing information
on elections. She did an excellent job of explaining why this idea went against the public library's role in providing unbiased facts to their users. The interviewer tried to get her to admit that a librarian could try to influence how the person would vote,
but she skillfully avoided this trap. She also said that Michigan is the only state that she know of with this prohibition.
Bob
Robert P. Holley
Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University
13303 Borgman Avenue
Huntington Woods, MI 48070-1005
email: aa3805@wayne.edu
phone: 248-547-0306