On August 25, the group that submitted a petition to be on the Michigan ballot as a political party called the Tea Party, filed a lawsuit to obtain a place on the ballot. The case is The Tea Party v Board of State Canvassers, state court of appeals, Lansing, 299805.
The group has enough valid signatures on its petition, but the Board of State Canvassers refused to put it on the ballot because of various paperwork irregularities. The petition form is a state form that asks the group circulating the petition to enter the name of the party. The group filled out the form with the words “Tea Party”. However, on the certificate naming the party’s officers, and the campaign finance reports, the party is “The Tea Party.” Also, in Michigan, the party’s vignette (the picture that goes on the ballot representing the party; this is called a “logo” in other states) says the name of the party is “The Tea Party”.
Would the voters be voting for *The* or *Tea Party* in voting for TTP candidates ???
Duh.
Fortunately there is a minimum sort of intelligence in the nonpartisan Mich Court Apps regarding *substantial compliance with the law* in election law cases.
Perhaps a different story with the party hacks on the Mich Sup. Ct.
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Perhaps the Donkey party hack MORONS who created the *The Tea Party* puppet stuff (to have Donkeys win in marginal gerrymander districts) can redo their moron paperwork ???
It depends on what the definition of “the” is. (To paraphrase a former U.S. President.)