Michigan Live has the op-ed piece from the Secretary of State Johnson – excerpt below:

“While some communities saw lines at local precincts, largely due to a lengthy two-page ballot, nearly 4.8 million residents voted in the Nov. 6 election, determined to be a part of democracy, to have their say.

More than 1.2 million of those voters cast their vote by absentee ballot. I believe it’s time to expand Michigan’s absentee voting by allowing all voters to cast an absentee ballot without an excuse – not just those who qualify now because they’re age 60 and older, will be out of town during the election or have a disability.

This change, however, must be paired with measures to ensure integrity in the process, namely to require the same reasonable photo ID rules now required at local precincts on Election Day.“