LANSING, Mich.—The 1945 Emergency Powers Act that gave Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sweeping executive authority to lock down the state at the height of the CCP virus pandemic is on its way to being repealed. The State Board of Canvassers certified on Tuesday that the citizens’ group Unlock Michigan had gathered enough signatures to bring the law before the Republican-controlled state legislature, where it is all but certain to be repealed by legislative action, possibly before the end of the month, according to a GOP state senate spokesperson. By law, the legislature has 40 days to act. This special legislative action is not subject to a governor’s veto. If the legislature fails to repeal the law, the Michigan Constitution mandates the measure comes before the voters at the next general election. Though the 1945 law was found unconstitutional (as an undue ceding of legislative authority to the executive) by the Michigan …