<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 12px"><div>Thank you so much for sharing, Pam. I did not interpret the new bill as preventing librarians from providing reference service to patrons with election questions. Hopefully others will feel comfortable in providing reference service as well.</div>

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Jeanette Marks, Managing Librarian<br />
Bay County Library System<br />
Pinconning Branch Library<br />
218 Kaiser St.<br />
Pinconning, MI  48650<br />
PH  989-879-3283 ext. 207<br />
FAX 989-879-5669<br />
<a href="mailto:jmarks@baycountylibrary.org">jmarks@baycountylibrary.org</a></div>

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<div><span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>From</b>: "Pam Withrow" <pwithrow@uproc.lib.mi.us><br />
<b>Sent</b>: Monday, January 11, 2016 12:42 PM<br />
<b>To</b>: michlib-l@mcls.org<br />
<b>Subject</b>: [Michlib-l] SB 571</span>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Because we have a millage coming up in March, we’ve been watching this legislation pretty closely.  Governor Snyder offered a letter of clarification that should help put librarian minds at ease.  <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/documents/snyder/SB_571_signing_letter_510083_7.pdf">http://www.michigan.gov/documents/snyder/SB_571_signing_letter_510083_7.pdf</a></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F3864">Pamela Withrow, Director</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Forsyth Township Public Library</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">180 W. Flint St.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">PO Box 1328</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Gwinn, MI 49841</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">906-346-3433</span></p>

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