Even though the next election day is not until November 4, 2026, you might need to pack a lunch and maybe bring along a folding chair because you may be in the voting booth for longer than normal.
How’s that you say? Well start with the obvious. Virtually every statewide elective office is up for grabs including governor and the U.S. Senate seat. Every seat in congress and the Michigan House and senate are in play and now comes a baker’s half dozen of ballot proposals that may slow you down even more in the booth if they get to the ballot.
Here’s what we know for sure. Every 16 years, voters are asked if they want to rewrite the state constitution. This will be on the ballot because the constitution orders it. At first blush, the betting money is the Republicans will push hard for this hoping to rewrite the thing, including legalized abortion, Right to Work and who knows what all they could advance in a onestop effort to undo all that the Democrats have gotten done in the last 16 years. Assume the D’s will fight mightily to reject this amendment. Speaking for himself before this party votes on this, Dem Party chair Curtis Hertel, Jr. will vote no calling the Con-Con “a disaster.”
