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Group tops 400K signatures to repeal Whitmer's virus powers

A ballot drive says it's in the “home stretch” after collecting more than 400,000 signatures in two months. Its goal is 500,000.
Credit: Governor's Office
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist.

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, faced with lawsuits challenging her use of emergency powers to fight the coronavirus, could continue to prevail in court. 

But she may be unable to stop a Republican maneuver that would rescind the 75-year-old law that has enabled her to issue and lift COVID-19 restrictions unilaterally. 

A ballot drive says it's in the “home stretch” after collecting more than 400,000 signatures in two months. Its goal is 500,000.

If at least 340,000 signatures are deemed valid by a state board, the GOP-controlled Legislature would likely repeal the 1945 law. 

The Democratic governor could not veto the initiated bill. 

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