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==Proposal 6==
Proposal 6 was a proposed constitutional amendment which would have required the approval of a majority of voters at a statewide election and in each municipality where "new international bridges or tunnels for motor vehicles" are to be located before the State of Michigan may expend state funds or resources for acquiring land, designing, soliciting bids for, constructing, financing, or promoting new international bridges or tunnels, and created a definition of "new international bridges or tunnels for motor vehicles" that means, "any
bridge or tunnel which is not open to the public and serving traffic as of January 1, 2012."<ref>[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/Full_Text_-_The_People_Should_Decide_399444_7.pdf Michigan Secretary of State: Full text of Proposal 6]</ref><ref>[http://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/The_People_Should_Decide_396198_7.pdf Michigan Secretary of State: Approved Ballot Language of Proposal 6]</ref><ref>[http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12GEN/90000006.html Michigan Secretary of State: Official Results of Proposal 6] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213082849/http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/12GEN/90000006.html |date=2012-12-13 }}</ref> That proposal was spearheaded by [[Manuel Moroun]] who controlled the [[Ambassador Bridge]] in an attempt to stop construction of what became the [[Gordie Howe International Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-11-07 |title=Transport minister says path clear for Detroit-Windsor bridge |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/transport-minister-says-path-clear-for-detroit-windsor-bridge-1.1258746 |website=CBC News}}</ref>
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