Whitmer Vetos Election Bill Changes To Registration Form: Report

MICHIGAN — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed legislation Friday that would have warned voters on the state's application form that attempting to vote twice in the same election was a felony, according to multiple reports.

The governors office said Whitmer vetoed the bill because it was part of a larger package that aimed "to restrict or chill access to the ballot."

"Every citizen of Michigan has a constitutionally guaranteed right to vote and should be free to exercise this right without obstruction," Whitmer said in her veto letter.

State Sen. Kimberly LaSata, a Republican from Niles, wrote the bill, which sought the applicant to acknowledge "that it is a felony to offer to vote or attempt to vote more than once at the same election in the same or another voting precinct."

Anyone caught attempting to vote twice in the same election could be punished up to four years in prison and/or face a fine up to $2,000, according to Michigan's election law.

The package was the latest slew of election bills the Democratic governor has vetoed in the past few months, arguing they were predicated on falsehoods and discrediting the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, as well as making it harder for people to vote.