Per-signature payments for petition circulators could be outlawed in Michigan
A Michigan Senate committee moved forward bills Wednesday to outlaw political petition circulators being paid by the signature as part of a package of election fraud and disinformation deterrents.
The goal is to discourage abuses such as circulators lying or forging names to boost their signature counts.
“Each election cycle provides new reporting of bad actors using deception and dishonesty as the tools to garner signatures for their cause,” said Senator Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield), chair of the Senate Elections and Ethics Committee.
Moss noted Michigan is behind other states that have already enacted protections against political petition fraud. He said an overhaul of what’s allowed and not allowed by paid petition circulators in Michigan is long overdue.
https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2025-09-10/per-signature-payments-for-petition-circulators-could-be-outlawed-in-michigan