house resolution no.367

Reps. Aiyash, Gay-Dagnogo, Brenda Carter and Garza offered the following resolution:

A resolution to recognize all of the clerks, their staff, and election workers in Michigan who stepped forward to offer their service to administer a safe and successful November 3, 2020 general election.

Whereas, The November 2020 general election in Michigan saw its highest recorded voter turnout to date with 5.56 million voters total, which is over half a million more than the previous record high turnout in 2008 when 5.09 million voters cast a ballot; and

Whereas, 2020 marks the first presidential election in which Michigan residents could utilize no-reason absentee voting and same-day voter registration; and

Whereas, 3.23 million Michigan voters who sent in their votes through absentee ballots made up more than half of the state’s total vote; and

Whereas, 312,984 people throughout Michigan registered to vote between July 2020 and October 2020; and

Whereas, The COVID-19 pandemic presented unique complications and logistical concerns that election workers had to cope with including health and safety concerns; and

Whereas, Election workers risked their health and safety to work at the polls on Election Day and at the absent voter counting boards amid the COVID-19 pandemic; and

Whereas, Despite these unprecedented challenges, many jurisdictions were able to count and report the votes in a timely manner without undue delay; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That the members of this legislative body recognize all of the clerks, their staff, and election workers in Michigan who stepped forward to offer their service to administer a safe and successful November 3, 2020 general election.