Election officials in Macomb County and Lansing plan to defy Secretary of State Ruth Johnson's citizenship edict and remove the question from ballot applications, the Detroit News reports.
The Washtenaw County Election Commission also voted Thursday to leave the question off the forms after the county clerk planned to give townships and cities the option to ask about citizenship.
"It seems like it doesn't really add anything positive to the process. People have already affirmed their citizenship when they register to vote," Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope told the News.
Other clerks said they have no plans to enforce the question or will use old forms that don't inquire about citizenship. As a reason why they don't have to comply, several clerks cited Gov. Rick Snyder's July veto of a bill that would have made the question law.
Johnson, a Republican, has insisted voters affirm their citizenship so the state can root out an unknown number of noncitizen immigrants who have been inadvertently registered to vote over the years while getting a driver's license at a Secretary of State office.
