(R-MI) Gov. Snyder snubs large portion of GOP election package

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Source: Detroit Free Press

Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed significant portions of a Republican-crafted elections package this morning, a move likely to please critics who viewed the package as a means of voter suppression and infuriating GOP backers who viewed it as common sense reform.

Among the bills vetoed was one requiring photo ID for first voter registration or to obtain an absentee ballot, a requirement that African-American activists claimed was an attempt to deter voting by the urban poor.

Snyder said in a statement that “he appreciates the issue of ensuring voters are eligible and U.S. citizens, however this legislation could create voter confusion among absentee voters.”

Snyder did sign other election measures aimed at removing the names of dead or departed voters from the registration rolls, and several others aimed at providing better ballot security and more transparency for start-up political parties.

Read more: http://www.freep.com/article/20120703/NEWS15/120703036

[howardroark]

Rick Snyder also increased income taxes by $1.4bn; most of those tax hikes hitting the poor and the elderly. Oh, and he's increased government spending, refused to take action on right-to-work initiatives, is trying to go over the legislature in order to provide taxpayer-backing for another bridge to Canada (we already have one, so no thanks), and is opposed to a ballot-initiative which would require a 2/3rds approval from the legislature in order to raise taxes.

Basically, Rick Snyder is a Rockefeller Republican, aka "liberal" (in the American sense of the term).