Federal appeals court: No straight-ticket voting in November election
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, blocked a ruling by a federal judge in Detroit that would have struck down a 2016 law passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature to ban straight-ticket voting in Michigan.
There was no immediate word on a further appeal of the ruling, but there is little time before the Michigan ballot is finalized.
U.S. District Judge Gershwin Drain declared the law unconstitutional in August, following a bench trial. Drain said the ban on straight-ticket voting "presents a disproportionate burden on African Americans' right to vote," partly because, in Michigan's most populous counties, there is a strong correlation between the size of the black voting population and the use of straight-ticket voting.
Many local clerks said a ban on straight-ticket voting could result in lengthy delays to vote in cities such as Detroit and Flint.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/09/05/federal-appeals-court-no-straight-ticket-voting-november-election/1207757002/
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