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A bill that would make it more difficult to collect enough signatures to get a proposal on the statewide ballot is headed to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk to sign or veto.  HB 6595 would require that no more than 15 percent of the signatures gathered be from any one of the 14 congressional districts in the state. Under current law, there are no geographic requirements on where signatures come from. Opponents of the proposal said it amounted to nothing more than a GOP ‘power grab’ and an attempt to undermine voters.

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