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539K signatures submitted to repeal Whitmer emergency powers

by Associated Press
| October 2, 2020 7:27 AM

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan group on Friday submitted more than 539,000 signatures in a bid to repeal a law that has given Gov. Gretchen Whitmer broad emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic, demanding that the veto-proof initiative be put before the Republican-led Legislature before the year's end.

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