The Michigan State Supreme Court has ruled that an amendment guaranteeing abortion rights will go back on the state's November ballot after Republican officials on the state's canvassing board authoritarian attempts to remove it:
"In Michigan, a state elections board on Aug. 31 deadlocked along party lines on whether the abortion initiative should appear on the ballot, with Republicans voting no and Democrats voting yes. The 2-2 tie meant the measure wasn’t certified for the ballot.
Supporters submitted more than 700,000 signatures, easily clearing the minimum threshold. But Republicans and abortion opponents argued the petitions had improper or no spacing between certain words and were confusing to voters.
'What a sad marker of the times,' Chief Justice Bridget McCormack said in a brief statement that accompanied the Supreme Court’s 5-2 order.
McCormack said 'there is no dispute' that every word was legible and in the correct order.'" (our emphasis)
Imagine being so extreme and zealous as to stiff over 700,000 Michiganders by dropping a popular amendment from the ballot.... based on the spacing of the words!
Thwarting the will of the people -- from the January 6 insurrection, to gerrymandering districts to pre-determine the outcome, to forced birth legislation far out of the mainstream -- the Republicans / Christofascists are going to find the voting public turning against them in November.
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