Michigan Petition Circulator Charged With 2nd Offense as Jury Trial Is Postponed

Electors from the Republican Party are denied entry to the Michigan Capital as the Electors from the Democratic Party cast their ballot in Lansing, Mich., on Dec. 14, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

ALLEGAN, Mich.—Political activist and attorney Katherine Henry went to court on July 21 prepared to begin jury selection for her own trial over a single charge of trespassing on the property of an area township hall. The misdemeanor charge arose from an incident on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in front of a polling place in Allegan County’s Leighton Township.

Henry was at the polling place as part of a team from Michigan’s Restore Freedom Initiative citizens’ organization collecting signatures for a statewide petition she had authored to amend five articles and 19 sections of the Michigan Constitution. The purpose of the petition was to rein in government power, such as the ability to force people to be vaccinated.