<div dir="ltr">Nearly 5,000 signatures were delivered to Governor Snyder!<div><br></div><div><a href="http://everylibrary.org/veto-sb571-petition-delivered-governor-snyder/">http://everylibrary.org/veto-sb571-petition-delivered-governor-snyder/</a><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" color="#0b5394"><i><b>Cathy Lancaster</b></i></font><div><font size="2" color="#0b5394"><b>Coordinator of Youth Services</b></font></div><div><font size="2" color="#0b5394"><b>Traverse Area District Library</b></font></div><div><font color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:small">(231) 932-8560</span><br></font></div><div><font size="2" color="#0b5394">610 Woodmere Ave.</font></div><div><font size="2" color="#0b5394">Traverse City, MI 49686</font></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 6:15 PM, Warren, Leslie A <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lwarren@nmu.edu" target="_blank">lwarren@nmu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>SB 571 is getting national attention. Learn more at <font color="#000000" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a href="http://www.milibraries.org/mla-urges-governor-snyder-to-veto-sb-571/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank">http://www.milibraries.org/mla-urges-governor-snyder-to-veto-sb-571/</a>.</font></div>
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<div><b>From:</b> Don Wood <<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org" target="_blank">dwood@ala.org</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> December 22, 2015 at 4:31:17 PM EST<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> <b>[alacro-l] ALA president urges Michigan governor to veto bill prohibiting access to information</b><br>
<b>Reply-To:</b> Don Wood <<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org" target="_blank">dwood@ala.org</a>><br>
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Tue, 12/22/2015<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Contact:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Marci Merola
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">American Library Association<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">CHICAGO — American Library Association (ALA) President Sari Feldman urges Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to veto
a campaign reform bill that would ultimately impact Michigan residents’ access to campaign information. Senate Bill 571 was passed on Dec. 16, with amendments from the House including a provision that bars government employees from using public funds to distribute
information about a local ballot proposal 60 days before it appears on the ballot.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“While the intent of the Michigan legislature may be to ensure that government employees are proper stewards
of public funding,” said Feldman. “In actuality, this broad-sweeping bill prohibits one of their public bodies – the library – from doing one of its main jobs: providing the voters of Michigan unbiased access to information, including factual information about
local campaigns and ballot measures. On behalf of librarians around the country, I urge the governor to veto this bill.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The provision in question is Item 3, Section 57, which states: “A public body, or a person acting for a public
body, shall not, during the period 60 days before an election in which a local ballot question appears on a ballot, use public funds or resources for a communication by means of radio, television, mass mailing, or prerecorded telephone message if that communication
references a local ballot question and is targeted to the relevant electorate where the local ballot question appears on the ballot.” In addition, public employees violating this ruling could be fined anywhere from $1,000 to $20,000 and could be imprisoned.
For more information, visit the Michigan Library Association, <a href="http://www.milibraries.org/mla-urges-governor-snyder-to-veto-sb-571/" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">http://www.milibraries.org/mla-urges-governor-snyder-to-veto-sb-571/</span></a> .<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
<a href="http://www.ala.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">American Library Association</span></a> is the oldest and largest library association in the world, providing association information, news, events, and advocacy resources for members, librarians, and library
users.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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