House Republican Leader Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, on Tuesday criticized Democrats’ radical election legislation that would undermine security while letting left-wing special interest groups create an unfair election system.

House Democrats on Tuesday passed vast election changes that go beyond what Michigan voters approved last year in Proposal 2. Hall said the bills Democrats have pushed this year will remove key security measures and allow activists to interfere with elections to benefit their Democrat allies.

“House Democrats are continuing their push to chip away at the most basic voter security protections and let left-wing organizations create an uneven playing field,” Hall said. “Whether obliterating signature verification, counting late votes, or letting special interests subsidize extra early voting days for Democrat areas, this foolish legislation damages election integrity while favoring Democrats.”

Democrat legislation — including Senate Bills 367, 370-371, and 373 that passed the House on Tuesday — would:

• Make it virtually impossible for election officials to flag invalid signatures and remove fraudulent votes.
• Enable left-wing special interest groups to fund extra early voting days in choice municipalities.
• Weaken voter ID protections and let people vote with no identification and register to vote with questionable documentation.
• Allow ballots to be stored in unsecure facilities.
• Let people register and vote after polls close on election day.
• Empower the secretary of state to modify election rules unilaterally with scant oversight.
• Let clerks print insecure on-demand ballots at early voting sites.
• Allow partisan election officials to send unsolicited absentee applications to the voters of their choice.
• Require clerks to automatically send ballots to certain voters each election, including voters who may have moved or passed away.
• Expand opportunities for voters to register and vote at multiple locations in one day.

Hall also pointed out an egregious law Democrats passed earlier this year to count overseas ballots received late without a postmark proving they were sent by election day.