Michigan Secretary of State Asks Sixth Circuit to Hear Appeal in Lawsuit over Straight-Ticket Device

On August 13, the Michigan Secretary of State filed a notice of appeal to the Sixth Circuit in A. Philip Randolph Institute v Johnson. This is the lawsuit in which the U.S. District Court ruled recently that Michigan cannot repeal its straight-ticket device, because eliminating the straight-ticket device injures African-American voters.

The legislature repealed the device in 2016, but the bill has not been implemented yet because of the lawsuit.


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Michigan Secretary of State Asks Sixth Circuit to Hear Appeal in Lawsuit over Straight-Ticket Device — 3 Comments

  1. Possible CRISIS court stuff — due to printing of Nov ballots in early Sept.

    The BAN super-database may know when the straight party option [aka Dumb Donkey voter option] started —

    with *official* ballots in 1888-1890 ???

    ANY States that survived without such option — time periods ???

  2. Leaders of the third parties in Michigan should submit briefs supporting the repeal and stating that the device harms third parties. Or Richard should!

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