Ann Bollin

Election bills are heading to governor’s desk after lawmakers reached a deal this week following months of negotiating.Republican Senator Ruth Johnson chairs the Senate Elections Committee. She says the bill would allow more clerks to pre-process absentee ballots two days before election day. In 2020, clerks could do that pre-processing one day before the election. It would also require county clerks to scrub the deceased from their lists of registered voters at least monthly.

A legislative committee is moving ahead with measures to enact stricter ethics standards for Michigan lawmakers and the people who work for them.The House…