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The legislature repealed the device in 2016, but the bill has not been implemented yet because of the lawsuit.
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 ???
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/08/13/state-appeal-judges-decision-straight-ticket-voting-ban/980541002/
Story DN
Leaders of the third parties in Michigan should submit briefs supporting the repeal and stating that the device harms third parties. Or Richard should!