End Citizens United

The Citizens United decision has flooded Michigan’s elections with unchecked corporate money, silencing the voices of everyday Michiganders. Lydia will unchain our democracy by advocating for federal legislation to overturn Citizens United, championing transparency, and pushing for comprehensive campaign finance reform.
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Policies on this page are living documents. Lydia updates them as research, legislation, and community input evolve. If something here should be sharper, more accurate, or missing entirely, tell her campaign.

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Checking Executive Power: Transparency and Accountability

Government power that operates in secret cannot be held accountable. Lydia will restore protections for inspectors general and ethics officials, codify non-defundable oversight offices, and expand whistleblower protections beyond simple firing.

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Protecting the Right to Vote

Citizenship is already required and enforced to vote. Lydia will oppose new documentation requirements most citizens don't have on hand, restore federal preclearance through the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and oppose voter ID rules that turn away legal citizens over a name or gender-marker mismatch.

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Upholding Our Constitutional Republic

Unchain our freedoms by upholding the U.S. Constitution as the law of the land.

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Supporting Ranked Choice Voting

Ranked choice voting lets voters rank candidates instead of picking just one, ending the spoiler effect. Maine and Alaska already use it for federal elections, but Michigan law blocks it even in the five cities that voted for it locally. Lydia opposes any national-level bill to ban ranked choice voting, leaving that choice to states and voters.

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