I may have used obscenities, but the ‘show your papers’ initiative is what is truly obscene

By: Christy McGillivray

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: March 10, 2026

Words: 624

Last Updated: 4 months, 4 weeks ago

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Voting rights activists are losing our tempers as we face almost daily attacks on Michiganders’ right to vote. Yes, in some cases, we’ve even resorted to profanity – like I did last week when the billionaire-backed anti-democracy campaign, deceptively called “Americans for Citizen Voting,” announced that they had lied to enough Michiganders to get 750,000 signatures for their ballot initiative.

And yes, we know they lied to people signing their petition, because we’ve …

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