Michigan Supreme Court orders abortion rights, voting access initiatives on ballot

[marmar]

(Detroit Metro Times) High-profile initiatives to amend the state constitution to affirm abortion rights and extend voting access must appear on the November ballot, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

The state’s high court ordered the initiatives to appear on the ballot, saying that Republicans on the Michigan Board of Canvassers erred when they refused to certify the ballot initiatives.

Canvassers deadlocked on certifying the ballot initiatives Wednesday, with the two Republican members voting against them.

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Democratic canvassers and attorneys for the Reproductive Freedom for All initiative said Republicans had no basis for rejecting certification.

The Michigan Supreme Court agreed. ...............(more)

https://www.metrotimes.com/news/michigan-supreme-court-orders-abortion-rights-voting-access-initiatives-on-ballot-31033465

[Kaleva]

1. It was a 5-2 decision.

[lindysalsagal]

2. I'm still not happy that we're voting on women's autonomy, but not men's.

IMHO, these laws should be generic "no local laws can remove personal autonomy for any reason including pregnancy."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This will help democratic voter turnout