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Michigan
must
continue
to
reject
Trump's
advisory
commission
on
election
integrity
As
the
nation
observes
Independence
Day, it
is
important
to
remember
the
words of
one of
our
founders
Thomas
Jefferson
who
said,
“In
matters
of
style,
swim
with the
current.
In
matters
of
principle,
stand
like a
rock.”
Op-Ed by
Rev. Dr.
Wendell
Anthony
Detroit
Branch
NAACP
President
DETROIT
-- At
this
most
critical
time in
our
nation’s
history,
it is
important
for all
of us to
stand
like a
rock, to
defend
and
protect
our
freedom
and
democracy.
Michigan
should
join the
ten
other
states
along
with the
District
of
Columbia
in
non-compliance
with
this
bogus
request
regarding
voter
data
information.
California,
Kentucky,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
New
Mexico,
New
York,
South
Dakota,
Tennessee,
and
Virginia
have all
indicated
their
intentions
not to
comply.
It is
also
most
interesting
that
Kansas,
the home
state of
the Vice
Chair of
this
commission
Kris
Kobach,
has also
rejected
and
indicated
their
non-
compliance.
Even
Texas
has
joined
in the
chorus
of those
who
refuse
to
submit
to this
unconstitutional
violation
of
citizen’s
privacy,
laws,
and
election
integrity.
We
applaud
the
action
of
Secretary
of State
Ruth
Johnson
to
partly
deny
this
presidential
request.
It would
have
been
preferred
that
Michigan
send a
clear
message
that we
will not
surrender
the
rights,
privacy,
and
electoral
privilege
of
Michigan
citizens
to a
government
that is
out of
control.
Michigan
indicated
it will
provide
the
commission
with
information
already
available
which
includes
voter’s
birth
years
but not
their
full
dates of
birth.
We will
not
provide
social
security
and
driver’s
license
information,
or the
voters
voting
history.
This
information
is
protected
under
privacy
laws.
This
commission,
from its
core,
appears
to be
simply a
scam.
President
Donald
Trump
has
openly
declared
without
any
basis of
fact,
evidence,
or proof
that as
many as
three to
five
million
people
voted
illegally
in the
November
2016
election.
There
have
already
been
many
studies
reflecting
that
there is
no such
evidence
of
massive
voter
fraud.
We
believe
this
commission,
on its
present
course,
is
simply
another
effort
to
create
an
alternative
reality
of the
2016
election.
It
appears
to be an
effort
designed
to
convince
the
nation
that
President
Trump
did not
lose the
popular
vote by
three
million
plus
votes.
Further,
it is
reflective
of a
greater
purpose
to
intimidate,
reduce,
and
eliminate
voter
protection,
voter
mobilization,
and
voter
participation
of
minority
communities,
youth,
seniors,
and the
elderly.
We
believe
that our
nation
should
spend
more
time to
increase
voter
turnout
than it
does on
reducing
the
voter
impact.
1.
Extend
the
Voting
Rights
Act to
its
fullest
and most
complete
capacity.
2.
Initiate
same day
voter
registration
and
participation.
3.
Update
voting
equipment
nationwide.
4.
Establish
more
precincts
for
access
to the
polls.
5. Allow
for
weekend
voting
rather
than one
day
participation.
6. Make
national
elections
a
national
holiday.
7.
Better
educate
and
incentivize
poll
workers
and
volunteers.
These
are a
few of
the
efforts
that our
government
should
spend
time
addressing
and
fixing.
When
President
Trump
asks the
question,
“What do
the
states
have to
hide by
not
providing
this
information,”
we
believe
that
there
are
better
questions
to ask.
We say,
no Mr.
President,
those
are not
the
questions.
The real
questions
that
Americans
have are
what do
you have
to hide
by not
providing
to the
people
your tax
information
and
returns?
What do
you have
to hide
by
ignoring
the
Russian
investigation
and
failing
to act
on
Russian
intrusion
into our
2016
elections?
One can
sum this
whole
initiative
up by
using
the
words of
our 45th
President,
“COVFEFE”.
We are
certain
that he
and his
administration
understand
exactly
what
that
means.
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