by: WOOD TV8
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD TV ) — An investigation was opened Monday by the Michigan attorney general's office.
AG Dana Nessel said the investigation will look into allegations that a ballot group may have committed crimes while gathering signatures to repeal a law that gives Gov. Gretchen Whitmer broad powers to manage the coronavirus crisis.
Attorney General Nessel, a Democrat, said her office will probe Unlock Michigan, a Republican-affiliated committee that plans to submit its signatures Friday. If the group turns in enough — it needs 340,000 valid signatures —the initiative will go to the Legislature.
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