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With all the news coming out of the Trump administration, it can be easy to gloss over what’s going on in state governments. God is still moving in these states, and we’d like to share three stories from Michigan, California, and Georgia that need your prayers.
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Michigan
In Michigan, Republicans are reportedly investigating whether the state has noncitizens in its voter rolls and jury rolls, according to Breitbart. This is all part of a larger effort to protect citizens’ right to vote.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. John James (R-MI) have reportedly asked U.S Attorney General Pam Bondi about whether a specific county in the Detroit area is potentially violating federal law, Fox News reported Tuesday.
In their letter to Bondi, Comer and James said, “Non-citizens have appeared in the state’s jury pool, and in some instances, have been registered to vote. The Committee is requesting a briefing to understand the U.S. Department of Justice’s role in investigating such matters, and the potential for similar issues to be occurring nationwide.”
This comes amid a larger push, especially among Republican lawmakers, against noncitizen voting, especially in the form of the SAVE Act.
California
In California, meanwhile, lawmakers just recently passed a measure to give $90 million to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers, according to Breitbart.
The Democrat-led State Legislature passed the funding in response to the Trump administration’s cuts to abortion-related efforts and organizations, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) claimed in a statement that President Donald Trump is “tearing down healthcare and increasing costs.”
At the time of writing, this measure was awaiting a signature from California Governor Gavin Newsom. However, considering his strong pro-choice beliefs, it is all but guaranteed he’ll sign it.
Georgia
Georgia, meanwhile, is facing an interesting case. The FBI has determined there were numerous irregularities in how votes were counted in Fulton County in 2020. And now, the bureau is probing whether these irregularities were caused by intentional efforts to sway the election, according to Just the News.
The FBI has “substantiated” some major irregularities in how votes were counted in Georgia’s largest urban area in the aftermath of the 2020 election and is probing whether those failures were intentional efforts to violate federal election law, according to a bombshell affidavit unsealed by a federal court on Tuesday.
FBI Special Agent Hugh Raymond Evans first filed the affidavit last month to establish probable cause for a raid that seized about 700 boxes of Georgia 2020 elections ballots from a storage warehouse in the Atlanta area, after getting a referral from Trump White House election integrity czar Kurt Olsen.
The affidavit reportedly included information and allegations gleaned from FBI interviews. While some of the allegations were disproven, others were substantiated, proving the existence of these irregularities.
Conclusion
While the Trump administration focuses on the national and world stages, a lot is still happening in the states. Let’s pray for God to move in these states and for His will to be done!
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(Excerpts from Breitbart, Breitbart, and Just the News. Photo Credit: Phil Roeder from Des Moines, IA, USA – Election Day 2020, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95815457)
