Comment Michigan’s board of elections on Wednesday rejected a voter initiative on the November ballot that would have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, a move that sets the stage for a legal showdown at the state Supreme Court. The four-member Board of State Canvassers deadlocked along party lines with two of the Republican members refusing to certify the measure, which requires three votes. Abortion currently remains legal in Michigan, a perennial swing state, after a flurry of legal experience in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The Michigan Campaign for Reproductive Freedom for All (RFFA), which collected signatures for the ballot measure, said it will appeal the council’s vote. “RFFA is headed to the Michigan Supreme Court to ask the Board of State Canvassers to do its job. The State Office of Elections recommended that the board validate our signatures, noting that it had no authority to act on the language,” the group said in a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday. Democrats look for an edge with women as Michigan prepares to vote on abortion The campaign accused the board of alienating Michigan voters “who want to restore Roe and preserve the reproductive rights we’ve had in Michigan for the past 50 years.” Board Chairman Anthony Daunt (R) took issue with the proposal’s readability and rejected it based on spacing issues, the Detroit News reports. “If what was released had come to us for review, it would not have been approved” because of defects in spacing, Daunt said. Board Vice Chairwoman Mary Ellen Gurewitz (D) disagreed and argued that if so many people signed the proposal in the signature phase, the language should have been legible. “We simply have no authority to dismiss this petition based on challenges to the content of the petition,” Gurewitz said. From Roe overturned in June, Michigan has emerged as the most hotly contested battleground for abortion rights. A 1931 state law making abortion a felony was replaced Roe but it was never removed from the books. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has fought an uphill battle to protect abortion rights and prevent the nearly century-old law from being implemented. An Oakland County judge issued an order on Aug. 19 to block the 1931 law from going into effect, pending either a referendum on the November ballot or the outcome of a lawsuit by Whitmer, who petitioned the Michigan Supreme Court to the protection of abortion rights in the state constitution. The abortion referendum is expected to be a boon for Democrats in November, with many Republican candidates and strategists taking note after reliably red voters in Kansas overwhelmingly rejected an amendment this month that would have stripped abortion rights from the state constitution . The fate of abortion access in Michigan also has implications for those in surrounding states: In the Upper Midwest, only Illinois and Minnesota have protected the right to abortion. Both have reported an influx of patients seeking care after implementing “trigger laws” in surrounding states Roe.

title: “Michigan Abortion Referendum Rejected By Republicans On Board Of Canvassers Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-05” author: “Richard Garcia”

Comment Michigan’s board of elections on Wednesday rejected a voter initiative on the November ballot that would have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, a move that sets the stage for a legal showdown at the state Supreme Court. The four-member Board of State Canvassers deadlocked along party lines with two of the Republican members refusing to certify the measure, which requires three votes. Abortion currently remains legal in Michigan, a perennial swing state, after a flurry of legal experience in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The Michigan Campaign for Reproductive Freedom for All (RFFA), which collected signatures for the ballot measure, said it will appeal the council’s vote. “RFFA is headed to the Michigan Supreme Court to ask the Board of State Canvassers to do its job. The State Office of Elections recommended that the board validate our signatures, noting that it had no authority to act on the language,” the group said in a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday. Democrats look for an edge with women as Michigan prepares to vote on abortion The campaign accused the board of alienating Michigan voters “who want to restore Roe and preserve the reproductive rights we’ve had in Michigan for the past 50 years.” Board Chairman Anthony Daunt (R) took issue with the proposal’s readability and rejected it based on spacing issues, the Detroit News reports. “If what was released had come to us for review, it would not have been approved” because of defects in spacing, Daunt said. Board Vice Chairwoman Mary Ellen Gurewitz (D) disagreed and argued that if so many people signed the proposal in the signature phase, the language should have been legible. “We simply have no authority to dismiss this petition based on challenges to the content of the petition,” Gurewitz said. From Roe overturned in June, Michigan has emerged as the most hotly contested battleground for abortion rights. A 1931 state law making abortion a felony was replaced Roe but it was never removed from the books. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has fought an uphill battle to protect abortion rights and prevent the nearly century-old law from being implemented. An Oakland County judge issued an order on Aug. 19 to block the 1931 law from going into effect, pending either a referendum on the November ballot or the outcome of a lawsuit by Whitmer, who petitioned the Michigan Supreme Court to the protection of abortion rights in the state constitution. The abortion referendum is expected to be a boon for Democrats in November, with many Republican candidates and strategists taking note after reliably red voters in Kansas overwhelmingly rejected an amendment this month that would have stripped abortion rights from the state constitution . The fate of abortion access in Michigan also has implications for those in surrounding states: In the Upper Midwest, only Illinois and Minnesota have protected the right to abortion. Both have reported an influx of patients seeking care after implementing “trigger laws” in surrounding states Roe.

title: “Michigan Abortion Referendum Rejected By Republicans On Board Of Canvassers Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-25” author: “Lisa Palladino”

Comment Michigan’s board of elections on Wednesday rejected a voter initiative on the November ballot that would have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, a move that sets the stage for a legal showdown at the state Supreme Court. The four-member Board of State Canvassers deadlocked along party lines with two of the Republican members refusing to certify the measure, which requires three votes. Abortion currently remains legal in Michigan, a perennial swing state, after a flurry of legal experience in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The Michigan Campaign for Reproductive Freedom for All (RFFA), which collected signatures for the ballot measure, said it will appeal the council’s vote. “RFFA is headed to the Michigan Supreme Court to ask the Board of State Canvassers to do its job. The State Office of Elections recommended that the board validate our signatures, noting that it had no authority to act on the language,” the group said in a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday. Democrats look for an edge with women as Michigan prepares to vote on abortion The campaign accused the board of alienating Michigan voters “who want to restore Roe and preserve the reproductive rights we’ve had in Michigan for the past 50 years.” Board Chairman Anthony Daunt (R) took issue with the proposal’s readability and rejected it based on spacing issues, the Detroit News reports. “If what was released had come to us for review, it would not have been approved” because of defects in spacing, Daunt said. Board Vice Chairwoman Mary Ellen Gurewitz (D) disagreed and argued that if so many people signed the proposal in the signature phase, the language should have been legible. “We simply have no authority to dismiss this petition based on challenges to the content of the petition,” Gurewitz said. From Roe overturned in June, Michigan has emerged as the most hotly contested battleground for abortion rights. A 1931 state law making abortion a felony was replaced Roe but it was never removed from the books. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has fought an uphill battle to protect abortion rights and prevent the nearly century-old law from being implemented. An Oakland County judge issued an order on Aug. 19 to block the 1931 law from going into effect, pending either a referendum on the November ballot or the outcome of a lawsuit by Whitmer, who petitioned the Michigan Supreme Court to the protection of abortion rights in the state constitution. The abortion referendum is expected to be a boon for Democrats in November, with many Republican candidates and strategists taking note after reliably red voters in Kansas overwhelmingly rejected an amendment this month that would have stripped abortion rights from the state constitution . The fate of abortion access in Michigan also has implications for those in surrounding states: In the Upper Midwest, only Illinois and Minnesota have protected the right to abortion. Both have reported an influx of patients seeking care after implementing “trigger laws” in surrounding states Roe.

title: “Michigan Abortion Referendum Rejected By Republicans On Board Of Canvassers Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-22” author: “Jack Mullens”

Comment Michigan’s board of elections on Wednesday rejected a voter initiative on the November ballot that would have enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution, a move that sets the stage for a legal showdown at the state Supreme Court. The four-member Board of State Canvassers deadlocked along party lines with two of the Republican members refusing to certify the measure, which requires three votes. Abortion currently remains legal in Michigan, a perennial swing state, after a flurry of legal experience in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The Michigan Campaign for Reproductive Freedom for All (RFFA), which collected signatures for the ballot measure, said it will appeal the council’s vote. “RFFA is headed to the Michigan Supreme Court to ask the Board of State Canvassers to do its job. The State Office of Elections recommended that the board validate our signatures, noting that it had no authority to act on the language,” the group said in a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday. Democrats look for an edge with women as Michigan prepares to vote on abortion The campaign accused the board of alienating Michigan voters “who want to restore Roe and preserve the reproductive rights we’ve had in Michigan for the past 50 years.” Board Chairman Anthony Daunt (R) took issue with the proposal’s readability and rejected it based on spacing issues, the Detroit News reports. “If what was released had come to us for review, it would not have been approved” because of defects in spacing, Daunt said. Board Vice Chairwoman Mary Ellen Gurewitz (D) disagreed and argued that if so many people signed the proposal in the signature phase, the language should have been legible. “We simply have no authority to dismiss this petition based on challenges to the content of the petition,” Gurewitz said. From Roe overturned in June, Michigan has emerged as the most hotly contested battleground for abortion rights. A 1931 state law making abortion a felony was replaced Roe but it was never removed from the books. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) has fought an uphill battle to protect abortion rights and prevent the nearly century-old law from being implemented. An Oakland County judge issued an order on Aug. 19 to block the 1931 law from going into effect, pending either a referendum on the November ballot or the outcome of a lawsuit by Whitmer, who petitioned the Michigan Supreme Court to the protection of abortion rights in the state constitution. The abortion referendum is expected to be a boon for Democrats in November, with many Republican candidates and strategists taking note after reliably red voters in Kansas overwhelmingly rejected an amendment this month that would have stripped abortion rights from the state constitution . The fate of abortion access in Michigan also has implications for those in surrounding states: In the Upper Midwest, only Illinois and Minnesota have protected the right to abortion. Both have reported an influx of patients seeking care after implementing “trigger laws” in surrounding states Roe.