These reforms are part of a nationwide conspiracy concocted by a vast network of leftist dark money using "Nonpartisan" proxy organizations and the ballot initiative loophole to circumvent the ordinary political process.
As noted by Politico and former OpenSecrets reporter Jessica Piper, the vast majority of that funding came from out-of-state, liberal dark money groups, with two-thirds of it coming from only two organizations: Sixteen Thirty Fund and Action Now Initiative, which contributed $6 million and $5 million, respectively.
Sixteen Thirty, the more nefarious of the two, is a "Liberal dark money Behemoth," which operates as one of the chief organizations housed within the Arabella Network.
These organizations, "Staffed by progressive activists that include former Democratic Party advocates, organized labor adherents and community organizers," have been handed over the functions managing our elections traditionally handled by local governments.
The strategy of big liberal dark money in propping up VNP in Michigan is obvious: Destroy the viability of GOP candidates and resecure the state's position in the "Blue wall." To accomplish this goal, use the initiative loophole and millions of out-of-state dark money under the guise of a "Nonpartisan grassroots coalition" to circumvent the existing legislative body and dupe voters into delivering their redistricting process into the hands of leftist academics.
From there, VNP has declared its "Next logical step" in its "Pro-democracy movement" to be deploying money and influence to strongarm the state legislature into joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, securing Michigan's 16 electoral votes for Democratic nominees and preventing the prospect of another 2016-like surprise.
There is currently a vast network of liberal dark money that will continue to use ballot initiatives peddled by "Local nonpartisan organizations" to pay their way into achieving substantial electoral reforms that would otherwise be impossible through the ordinary legislative process.
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