LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- Michigan’s Attorney General’s Office will investigate allegations against those behind a petition drive to strip Governor Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers.
This Friday Unlock Michigan plans to deliver 500,000 petition signatures to state officials.
But there are allegations that members associated with the campaign may have engaged in criminal activity in collecting petition signatures.
Fred Wszolek is Unlock Michigan’s spokesman. He calls the investigation "a partisan political farce."
“We’re not out there trying to cheat people into doing anything,” he says. “Because the fact of the matter is, this has been the easiest petition drive in the history of ever. Because there’s just tremendous demand for this from a lot of people.”
If enough valid signatures are verified it’s expected the Republican-led legislature will approve repealing the 1945 law.