<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2026/08/25/proof-of-citizenship-americans-for-citizen-voting-amendment-deadlock/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-27T21:55:13.465Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-27T21:55:13.465Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Proof-of-citizenship amendment fails to make November ballot, for now]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/OQ2QLUQ55NHWTC57RL2U7IZRP4.jpg?auth=de60ae8bdb5e5156b2037a53f61991e32055b446f4c47a3dc59f33a3d833ca3c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5712&amp;height=4284</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Michigan's Board of State Canvassers, as well as Director of Elections Jonathan Brater, look at specific petitions to try to discern if the proof of citizenship initiative should be on the ballot this fall.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>