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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <title>About – MichiganVotes</title> <!-- Generated on 4/5/2025 4:47:09 AM --> <meta property="og:title" content="About" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="MichiganVotes" /> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.michiganvotes.org/about" /> <meta property="og:type" content="website" /> <meta property="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.michiganvotes.org/_images/share.png" /> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-35GQ0Q09PH"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag() { dataLayer.push(arguments); } gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-35GQ0Q09PH', { 'canonical_host': 'www.michiganvotes.org' }); </script> <script> var mcpp = { editUrl: 'https://edit.mackinac.org' }; </script> <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="any" /> <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/_style/page.css?v=2023-11-28T17:05:44" /> </head> <body> <div class="site-header"> <div class="site-section"> <h2><a href="/"><img src="/_images/logo.svg" height="45" alt="MichiganVotes" /></a></h2> <input hidden id="menu-visible" type="checkbox" /> <div class="nav"> <span class="nav-about"><a href="/about">About</a></span> <span class="vr">|</span> <span class="nav-subscribe"><a href="/subscribe">Subscribe</a></span> <span class="vr">|</span> <span class="nav-donate"><a href="https://www.mackinac.org/donate?source=MichiganVotes">Donate</a></span> <span class="vr">|</span> <form class="nav-search" action="/legislation/search" method="get"> <input name="q" placeholder="Search legislation" /> <input type="hidden" name="session" value="2025-2026" /> <button>Search</button> </form> <label hidden for="menu-visible"></label> </div> <label hidden for="menu-visible"></label> </div> </div> <div class="site-content"> <style> .about-text .site-section { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: end; max-width: 52em; } .about-text .site-section:after { margin: 1.5555555556em 0 3em; content: ''; width: 14em; height: 27.5555555556em; background: no-repeat bottom right/100% url(/_images/about-capitol@2x.jpg); } @media (-webkit-max-device-pixel-ratio: 1), (max-resolution: 96dpi) { .about-text .site-section:after { background-image: url(/_images/about-capitol.jpg); } } @media (max-width: 1080px) { .about-text .site-section { justify-content: space-around; } .about-text .site-section:after { display: none; } } .about-text .content { margin: 2em 0; max-width: 32em; } .about-text .content h2 { font-weight: 800; font-size: 100%; line-height: 1.5555555556; color: #003875; } .about-text .content ul { list-style: none; padding: 0; } .about-text .content ul li { margin: .5555555556em 0; padding-left: 2em; background: no-repeat top 0.1666666666em left .1111111111em /1.2222222222em url(/_images/about-bullet.svg); } </style> <div class="about-text"> <div class="site-section inset"> <div class="content"> <div class="text"> <p><b>MichiganVotes</b> is a project of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational institution. <nobr>Its purpose</nobr> is to provide easy-to-find information about past and current legislation. Bills can be searched by bill number, category, <nobr>or keyword.</nobr> The site empowers citizens to stay informed and to hold their elected representatives accountable.</p> <h2>MichiganVotes gives users instant access to:</h2> <ul> <li>Every bill, amendment, and vote in the Michigan legislature</li> <li>Bill analysis from the Mackinac Center on bills related to the Center鈥檚 core research areas</li> <li>Voting records, bill introductions, and proposed amendments for every lawmaker</li> <li>Over 50 different categories of legislation topics</li> <li>Ability to sign up for e-mail notifications of action on any bill or subject area of interest, including new bill introductions</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <style> .about-contact { padding: 2em 0; border-bottom: 3px solid white; background: #E6EBF1; } .about-contact .site-section { max-width: 52em; } @media (max-width: 1080px) { .about-contact .site-section { max-width: 32em; } } .about-contact h2 { font-size: 200%; margin: .5em 0 0; } .about-contact h2, .about-contact a { font-weight: 800; color: #003875; } .about-contact .phone-number, .about-contact .email-address { background: no-repeat center left/1em; padding-left: 2em; margin: 0.6666666667em 0; } .about-contact .phone-number { background-image: url(/_images/icons/phone-003875.svg); } .about-contact .email-address { background-image: url(/_images/icons/mail-003875.svg); } </style> <div id="contact" class="about-contact colored-links"> <div class="site-section inset"> <h2>Contact</h2> <p class="address">Mackinac Center for Public Policy<br /> 140 West Main Street, P.O. 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