Benson On Implementing Proposal 3

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Now that Michigan voters have approved Proposal 3, they will be able to register the same day they cast their ballot. Michigan Secretary of State-elect Jocelyn Benson told Michigan’s Big Show Wednesday morning the proposal partly spelled out how to implement that new option. She says special early voter registration sites will have to be created at clerk’s offices, and not at the polls themselves in order to avoid overburdening the election workers.

“The way I’ve seen it done well in other places is you do have voter registration as an option, but you have to go to let’s say a clerk’s office to do it, and that by limiting the number of places, you can manage and oversee and make sure that we’re avoiding the potential for someone to go place to place or any type of shenanigans to happen,” Benson said.

Benson said she views it as her responsibility to help make it easier to vote and harder to cheat. Proposal 3 will also allow voters to choose to vote absentee without giving a reason and restore the straight-ticket voting option.