Proof-of-citizenship voting proposal

Nurse of 15 years urged opposition, saying document requirements would disenfranchise married women and cost up to $100 to replace records.

Argued the board lacks legal authority to obstruct a constitutional petition drive and defended the proposal's safeguards.

United Way liaison thanked the board, citing ALICE households unable to afford passports and the harm to low-income voters.

Supported both the ICE-free zone and anti-voter-suppression resolutions, tracing funding for the petition to the Uline founder.

Salem Township resident opposed the resolution, invoking MLK and calling for unity while defending the citizenship requirement.

Thanked commissioners, describing how name changes after marriage would make her husband's re-registration costly and difficult.

Argued the petition includes a state-funded hardship program and multiple acceptable documents, and called the resolution misplaced.

Argued security should be handled by election officials, not burden voters, and criticized ICE violence including the Renee Good shooting.

All Voting Is Local's Michigan manager cited a 28-organization coalition letter supporting the resolution.

Clean Water Action staffer supported three resolutions and described her own months-long struggle to replace a stolen ID.

Former chair of the Secretary of State's student advisory task force said the requirement would silence the county's roughly 80,000 college students.

Supported the voting resolution and raised the Huron Valley facility mold concerns, urging visits to the prison.

League of Women Voters representative asked the board to vote yes on the anti-voter-suppression resolution.

Written comment: urged the board not to change voting requirements that disenfranchise voters without passports or birth certificates.

Written comment: 'I do not want to have to show proof of citizenship to vote.'

Written comment: after 60+ years of voting, she fears she couldn't produce her marriage license or birth certificate.

Written comment: 'Please protect the rights of ALL people to vote.'

Written comment: detailed her own document search and warned the petition would burden many eligible voters.