"I share Senator Jacobs' disappointment in the decision of the Michigan Supreme Court and applaud her effort to build bipartisan support for sensible, common sense election reform in Michigan."
Benson has spoken out on the issue of voters rights several times, and recently had an article on election reform published in the Detroit Free Press. Benson is a supporter of increasing voter participation and election integrity.
Unfortunately, the MI Republican Party has done everything they can do to suppress turnout. Sometimes they even accidentally admit it:
"If we do not suppress the Detroit vote," said Mr. Pappageorge, "we're going to have a tough time in this election."
... like too many other issues in our state, legislation to improve the election process becomes mired in partisan rhetoric. For instance, the state senator who chairs the Senate Campaign and Elections Committee explained her opposition to no-reason absentee voting -- a reform supported by Republicans and Democrats -- by saying that "anything the Democrats want so badly, I am naturally suspicious of and almost always opposed to."
Let's hope that at least some of the Senate Republicans will work with the Dems to bring about some common sense bi-partisan reform.
