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A bill to clean up a new law that prohibits local governments and schools from talking about ballot issues within 60 days of an election has been shelved.
House Speaker Kevin Cotter says lawmakers want to give the bill another look to ensure it will pass muster.
The decision comes less than two weeks after a judge put the law on hold after a few groups filed an injunction.
Cotter says both the judge and the governor have called the law vague so he wants to make sure the legislature gets it right this time around.
The current proposal to fix the law would erase the 60 day blackout period and clarifies that information presented to voters has to be neutral and factual.
It has cleared a Michigan House committee and awaits a vote on the House floor.
