Breaking: “Unlock Michigan turns in 539k signatures to limit Gov Whitmer’s emergency powers,” Emily Lawler reported for mLive today.

Unlock Michigan on Friday turned in more than half a million signatures on a petition to limit the governor’s emergency powers by repealing a 1945 law that allows her to continue declaring a state of emergency without legislative approval ….

The group needs 340,047 valid signatures to move forward with the process.

If the Board of State Canvassers finds the group has collected enough valid signatures, it goes to the legislature, which can approve the petition and make it law without the governor’s involvement. If the legislature doesn’t approve it, it could end up on the ballot as a proposal ….