The Office of Senator Runestad |
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I feel as frustrated as you do. Thank you for your questions. Please let me know if you need any additional information.
We have a slim majority. The Governor has literally vetoed every bill we passed to manage the pandemic through the legislative branch. 2/3 vote is needed to overturn the Governor’s vetoes. On some of the vetoes we even have a few Democrats supporting to overturn, but we don’t have 2/3 which is what we need. I can send you the bills that she has vetoed if you want the specifics. I’m including a few of the articles at the bottom of this email.
Almost a year ago Michigan state Senate and House Republicans issued an Open Michigan safely plan which the Governor completely ignored.
We brought a court cases and we won – the Governor can’t continue a state of emergency without the legislature. When she lost in court, she began issuing new orders through the Department of Health and Human Services. Now we are in the middle of a new court cases which has not been decided upon yet.
I did sign a letter calling for a full audit of the elections. However, this was not supported by the leadership in the House and the Senate.
Here is a link to a video from a speech I gave on the Senate floor when Democrat members of the Senate tried to have me censured:
Sen. Runestad responds to allegations in Senate Resolution 4
Senator Jim Runestad addresses the Senate on the allegations made in Senate Resolution 4 during session on January 27, 2021.
These are the state election reform bills that are coming from the House side:
HB 4127 (Rep. Hall) | Elections; election officials; procedure to remove certain electors listed on the qualified voter file with unknown dates of birth; provide for. |
HB 4128 (Rep. Calley) | Elections; election officials; procedure to remove certain electors listed on the qualified voter file who have not recently voted; provide for. |
HB 4129 (Rep. Marino) | Elections; election officials; list of local clerks who are not current with continuing election education training; require secretary of state to post on department of state website. |
HB 4130 (Rep. Koleszar) | Occupations; lobbyists; deadlines for lobby reports; modify. |
HB 4131 (Rep. Sabo) | Campaign finance; statements and reports; timeline for review of campaign finance statements or reports; modify. |
HB 4132 (Rep. Wendzel) | Elections; offenses; certain felonies involving absent voter ballot applications; create. |
HB 4133 (Rep. Bollin) | Criminal procedure; sentencing guidelines; sentencing guidelines for certain Michigan election law violations dealing with absent voter ballot applications; provide for. |
HB 4134 (Rep. Bollin) | Elections; other; precinct size; increase, allow precinct consolidation at certain elections, and require clerks to maintain a permanent absent voter list. |
HB 4135 (Rep. Bollin) | Elections; absent voters; absent voting counting boards in cities and townships with more than 1 election precinct; require. |
You can watch committee hearings including archived committee hearings of Senate and House Oversight hearings on election fraud discussions, as well as House and Senate Elections committees on the House TV and Senate TV websites linked off www.house.mi.gov and www.senate.michigan.gov
Senate Oversight Committee links should be found dating back from December 2020 through January of this year. If you have trouble finding them on the Senate website, let me know and I’ll pull them up.
You can watch other videos of my speeches on the Senate floor by going to my state website at SenJimRunestad@senate.
Yours Respectfully,
Senator Jim Runestad
“Serving the 15th State Senate District”
SenJimRunestad@senate.
517.373.1758
www.SenatorJimRunestad.com
Vetoed legislation:
Whitmer vetoes bills that would limit public health orders and ...
www.mlive.com › public-
Whitmer vetoes bills that would limit public health orders and repeal governor's emergency powers. Updated Dec 30, 2020; Posted Dec 30, 2020. Gov. Gretchen ...
Whitmer's Veto of State Unemployment Benefits: What We ...
www.9and10news.com › 2020/12/
Dec 30, 2020 — Just before her press conference on Tuesday, Gov. Whitmer line-
Whitmer vetoes 13 bills, says one endangers lives of ...
www.freep.com › governor-
Dec 30, 2020 — The governor also vetoed a bill that would have repealed a 1945 emergency powers law. Although Whitmer relied on the measure early in the ..
www.wzzm13.com › article › news › local › michigan
Whitmer vetoes bill that proposed limit on the governor's emergency powers. The bill was passed by the legislature on Thursday, April 30. Credit: State of ...
From: Victor Abraham <wixomvijay@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2021 3:41 PM
To: The Office of Senator Runestad <SenJRunestad@senate.michigan.
Subject: Re: Sen. Jim Runestad Legislative Update
Sir,
Both houses of the Michigan Legislature are republican, correct?
If so, why haven’t they (you) done anything about the unbridled overreach of power by our tyrannical governess in shutting down our State?
If so, why didn’t they (you) look into the voter fraud issue? This is the responsibility of the legislators.
I have turned in my R-card after a lifetime of support. What is the use of voting red when they are as bad as the blue?
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BREAKING NEWS: Seventy-Two Killed Resisting Gun Confiscation In Massachusetts.
National Guard units seeking to confiscate a cache of recently banned assault weapons were ambushed by elements of a Para-military extremist faction. Military and law enforcement sources estimate that 72 were killed and more than 200 injured before government forces were compelled to withdraw.
Speaking after the clash, Massachusetts Governor Thomas Gage declared that the extremist faction, which was made up of local citizens, has links to the radical right-wing tax protest movement.
Gage blamed the extremists for recent incidents of vandalism directed against internal revenue offices. The governor, who described the group’s organizers as “criminals,” issued an executive order authorizing the summary arrest of any individual who has interfered with the government’s efforts to secure law and order.
The military raid on the extremist arsenal followed wide-spread refusal by the local citizenry to turn over recently outlawed assault weapons.
Gage issued a ban on military-style assault weapons and ammunition earlier in the week. This decision followed a meeting in early this month between government and military leaders at which the governor authorized the forcible confiscation of illegal arms.
One government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, pointed out that “none of these people would have been killed had the extremists obeyed the law and turned over their weapons voluntarily.”
Government troops initially succeeded in confiscating a large supply of outlawed weapons and ammunition. However, troops attempting to seize arms and ammunition in Lexington met with resistance from heavily-armed extremists who had been tipped off regarding the government’s plans.
During a tense standoff in the Lexington town park, National Guard Colonel Francis Smith, commander of the government operation, ordered the armed group to surrender and return to their homes. The impasse was broken by a single shot, which was reportedly fired by one of the right-wing extremists.
Eight civilians were killed in the ensuing exchange.
Ironically, the local citizenry blamed government forces rather than the extremists for the civilian deaths. Before order could be restored, armed citizens from surrounding areas had descended upon the guard units. Colonel Smith, finding his forces over matched by the armed mob, ordered a retreat.
Governor Gage has called upon citizens to support the state/national joint task force in its effort to restore law and order. The governor also demanded the surrender of those responsible for planning and leading the attack against the government troops.
Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Hancock, who have been identified as “ringleaders” of the extremist faction, remain at large.
April 20, 1775
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Addendum to my Last Will and Testament:To whom it may concern,If I should die before November of 2024, I would like to be buried in Pennsylvania so I can vote in the Presidential election.
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