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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Reb Brian Possumus joining us now on the liveline. We
appreciate you being here, taking the time to be here
with us today. Welcome in. Good morning, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Always a pleasure to be on. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
So let's get the update. I hear you have some
big breaking news to talk about.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Well, yeah, I mean we last week we put up
for vote our House Point Resolution B, which would amend
the Michigan Constitution requiring that only US citizens vote in
our elections by requiring proof of citizenship when registering to
vote photo ID when cast near ballot. Unfortunately, it requires
(00:37):
a two thirds vote in the House, and we couldn't
get the Democrats to join on on a party line vote.
They decided that they were okay with foreign nationals voting
in our election.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Imagine that. Imagine that now. So you know what's funny
is this is a bill, and I believe it was
so common sense that most people when they heard about it,
they said, wait a minute, you mean this isn't already
a thing? Right, So you know, you get into this,
you get the vote, which I think is fantastic because
(01:09):
now you got everybody on the record. Of course, i'd
like to say I'd like to see this thing go through,
of course it would. But explain to me the threshold
that was needed, and of course it was. It was
a party line outcome, and obviously that that wasn't going
to work out. Explain that to folks.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, So in Michigan, there are three ways to amend
the constitution. One is a constitutional convention. Number two is
through legislative action to put it on the ballot, which
is what we tried to do in order to in
order for the legislature to put a question on the
ballot to amend the constitution, it requires a two thirds
(01:47):
vote in the House and a two thirds vote in
the Senate, and then it skips the governor goes right
on the ballot in the general election. And so you
know it has a higher because we're amending the constitution,
it has that higher threshold. Turned out to be a
party line vote, which ex floors me, considering nearly eighty
(02:08):
five percent of the population agrees with this policy. And
so here we are now. I will say I am
committed one way or the other to make sure that
this ends up on the ballot. November of twenty twenty six,
that's why we launched our petition drive, which is the
third way to amend the constitution, to get it on
the ballot. That way, it's prove it Michigan dot com.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
All right, that's important because I don't want people to thank,
oh bad news. Here we go again, another, you know,
another one of these moments where we're just kind of stalled.
That's that's that's not the case. So prove it Michigan
dot com. And when they go there, obviously you're going
to get details. I'm sure you know. How do you
(02:53):
sign this thing? How can you help? Maybe volunteer? You
need probably a little help, maybe maybe a little money
as well. If folks would like to contribute, there are
a couple of different ways to do that.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
I'm sure, absolutely. So this is a huge undertaking. We
need to collect about six hundred and fifty thousand signatures
in a six month period of time, and I need
to raise about eight million dollars to make this happen.
So I've been traveling all over the state. Tonight, I'm
in Wayne County. Last week I was in Macomb, I
was in Oakland, I was in Lapierre. I was everywhere
(03:27):
and trying to build an army of volunteers in every
corner of the state. And so what I really need
people to do is go to that website, sign up
to volunteer. Prove at michigan dot com sign up to volunteer,
and we'll update you as soon as we have the
petitions ready for circulation. My expectation is sometime this month
(03:49):
they will be out and ready to go to colect signatures.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
All right, that's fantastic people. Let me ask you, Brian,
how big is this? Obviously this has been top of
the I think pretty much stream of consciousness for folks,
you know, the last several years specifically, But how big
is this for the next you know, not just this
next cycle, but I mean beyond in the state of Michigan.
(04:14):
When it comes to actually taking the stake back.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Well, I would this cycle. I think it's critically important.
I've always believed that good policy makes for good politics.
And when you have good policy heading into an election
where you are where our party is on the side
of eighty five percent of the population and the Democrats
are on the wrong side of the issue, that makes
(04:40):
for a really, really good election cycle for us. So
it's critical that we get it on the ballot. But
then long term. This is really a structural reform that
will help secure our elections even further to make sure
that down the road for every election to come, we
can trust our election.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, it's so important people need to know. I mean,
obviously there isn't uh there, I don't think there's a
level that that that we'd like to see as far
as trust in the process and and a lot of
that I can't blame people for They've seen, you know,
media do a lot of things. They've seen government do
(05:20):
a lot of things. They've seen Democrats do a lot
of things that they just can't really square up. And
this is a this is a this step in the
right direction to make sure that you've got obviously, a
secretary say you don't have to comment on this if
you don't want to, but she she she has no
problem ringing the law now she's running for governor. Uh.
But you've got to make sure that these laws are
(05:42):
they're intact, and that we have you know, all of
the let's say, teeth right in in in every bit
of the process to make sure that this stuff gets
fallen through with.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
I have no problem commenting on that. I mean, there
we have a we have a Secretary of State that
has the worst loss record in the history of our
state when it comes to the Supreme Court. What does
that tell you? That that tells you that she is
blatantly disregarding the law when it comes to our elections,
and she is the chief elections officer in the state
(06:16):
of Michigan. That she she has the worst record with
the Supreme Court. That's a fact. That is not hyperbole.
That is a fact at its blatant disregard for the
rules and norms of our elections.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Yeah, it's time to time to get law and order
restored in the state and get back to truth, logic
and common sense. And appreciate you taking a step to
do that. Again. What's the website if people want to
go check that out and find out how they can
get informed and help out.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, the website is prove it michigan dot com. Michigan
is all spelled out. Go there, sign up. We need
everybody's help. This is all hands on deck.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Fantastic. Anything else before I let you go, anything else
that you want to make sure that we hit on,
or maybe you have coming down the pipeline folks need
to know about.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Well, you know, let me leave you with two things.
One I want to I just want to reiterate that
only US citizens should be able to vote in our
elections and photo ID should be required when casting your ballot.
And then also, I'm working on bringing cryptocurrency into Michigan,
making Michigan a state where cryptocurrency comes to stay. And
(07:28):
so we will be launching Phase two of our cryptocurrency
platform over the next couple of weeks and so be
looking out for that. I'm really excited about it.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
All right, rab Postumus, thank you so much for being
here with us today and the latest on this story.
Keep up the fight and Kit definitely come back keep
us posted. We appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
All right, thanks a lot, man, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
You got a guy bless here you go.
Reb Brian Possumus joining us now on the liveline. We
appreciate you being here, taking the time to be here
with us today. Welcome in. Good morning, sir.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Always a pleasure to be on. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (00:11):
So let's get the update. I hear you have some
big breaking news to talk about.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Well, yeah, I mean we last week we put up
for vote our House Point Resolution B, which would amend
the Michigan Constitution requiring that only US citizens vote in
our elections by requiring proof of citizenship when registering to
vote photo ID when cast near ballot. Unfortunately, it requires
(00:37):
a two thirds vote in the House, and we couldn't
get the Democrats to join on on a party line vote.
They decided that they were okay with foreign nationals voting
in our election.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Imagine that. Imagine that now. So you know what's funny
is this is a bill, and I believe it was
so common sense that most people when they heard about it,
they said, wait a minute, you mean this isn't already
a thing? Right, So you know, you get into this,
you get the vote, which I think is fantastic because
(01:09):
now you got everybody on the record. Of course, i'd
like to say I'd like to see this thing go through,
of course it would. But explain to me the threshold
that was needed, and of course it was. It was
a party line outcome, and obviously that that wasn't going
to work out. Explain that to folks.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, So in Michigan, there are three ways to amend
the constitution. One is a constitutional convention. Number two is
through legislative action to put it on the ballot, which
is what we tried to do in order to in
order for the legislature to put a question on the
ballot to amend the constitution, it requires a two thirds
(01:47):
vote in the House and a two thirds vote in
the Senate, and then it skips the governor goes right
on the ballot in the general election. And so you
know it has a higher because we're amending the constitution,
it has that higher threshold. Turned out to be a
party line vote, which ex floors me, considering nearly eighty
(02:08):
five percent of the population agrees with this policy. And
so here we are now. I will say I am
committed one way or the other to make sure that
this ends up on the ballot. November of twenty twenty six,
that's why we launched our petition drive, which is the
third way to amend the constitution, to get it on
the ballot. That way, it's prove it Michigan dot com.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
All right, that's important because I don't want people to thank,
oh bad news. Here we go again, another, you know,
another one of these moments where we're just kind of stalled.
That's that's that's not the case. So prove it Michigan
dot com. And when they go there, obviously you're going
to get details. I'm sure you know. How do you
(02:53):
sign this thing? How can you help? Maybe volunteer? You
need probably a little help, maybe maybe a little money
as well. If folks would like to contribute, there are
a couple of different ways to do that.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
I'm sure, absolutely. So this is a huge undertaking. We
need to collect about six hundred and fifty thousand signatures
in a six month period of time, and I need
to raise about eight million dollars to make this happen.
So I've been traveling all over the state. Tonight, I'm
in Wayne County. Last week I was in Macomb, I
was in Oakland, I was in Lapierre. I was everywhere
(03:27):
and trying to build an army of volunteers in every
corner of the state. And so what I really need
people to do is go to that website, sign up
to volunteer. Prove at michigan dot com sign up to volunteer,
and we'll update you as soon as we have the
petitions ready for circulation. My expectation is sometime this month
(03:49):
they will be out and ready to go to colect signatures.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
All right, that's fantastic people. Let me ask you, Brian,
how big is this? Obviously this has been top of
the I think pretty much stream of consciousness for folks,
you know, the last several years specifically, But how big
is this for the next you know, not just this
next cycle, but I mean beyond in the state of Michigan.
(04:14):
When it comes to actually taking the stake back.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Well, I would this cycle. I think it's critically important.
I've always believed that good policy makes for good politics.
And when you have good policy heading into an election
where you are where our party is on the side
of eighty five percent of the population and the Democrats
are on the wrong side of the issue, that makes
(04:40):
for a really, really good election cycle for us. So
it's critical that we get it on the ballot. But
then long term. This is really a structural reform that
will help secure our elections even further to make sure
that down the road for every election to come, we
can trust our election.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Yeah, it's so important people need to know. I mean,
obviously there isn't uh there, I don't think there's a
level that that that we'd like to see as far
as trust in the process and and a lot of
that I can't blame people for They've seen, you know,
media do a lot of things. They've seen government do
(05:20):
a lot of things. They've seen Democrats do a lot
of things that they just can't really square up. And
this is a this is a this step in the
right direction to make sure that you've got obviously, a
secretary say you don't have to comment on this if
you don't want to, but she she she has no
problem ringing the law now she's running for governor. Uh.
But you've got to make sure that these laws are
(05:42):
they're intact, and that we have you know, all of
the let's say, teeth right in in in every bit
of the process to make sure that this stuff gets
fallen through with.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
I have no problem commenting on that. I mean, there
we have a we have a Secretary of State that
has the worst loss record in the history of our
state when it comes to the Supreme Court. What does
that tell you? That that tells you that she is
blatantly disregarding the law when it comes to our elections,
and she is the chief elections officer in the state
(06:16):
of Michigan. That she she has the worst record with
the Supreme Court. That's a fact. That is not hyperbole.
That is a fact at its blatant disregard for the
rules and norms of our elections.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Yeah, it's time to time to get law and order
restored in the state and get back to truth, logic
and common sense. And appreciate you taking a step to
do that. Again. What's the website if people want to
go check that out and find out how they can
get informed and help out.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, the website is prove it michigan dot com. Michigan
is all spelled out. Go there, sign up. We need
everybody's help. This is all hands on deck.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Fantastic. Anything else before I let you go, anything else
that you want to make sure that we hit on,
or maybe you have coming down the pipeline folks need
to know about.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
Well, you know, let me leave you with two things.
One I want to I just want to reiterate that
only US citizens should be able to vote in our
elections and photo ID should be required when casting your ballot.
And then also, I'm working on bringing cryptocurrency into Michigan,
making Michigan a state where cryptocurrency comes to stay. And
(07:28):
so we will be launching Phase two of our cryptocurrency
platform over the next couple of weeks and so be
looking out for that. I'm really excited about it.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
All right, rab Postumus, thank you so much for being
here with us today and the latest on this story.
Keep up the fight and Kit definitely come back keep
us posted. We appreciate you.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
All right, thanks a lot, man, I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
You got a guy bless here you go.
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