On August 28, backers of “Promote the Vote” filed a federal lawsuit against the Michigan Secretary of State, arguing that their initiative does have enough valid signatures, and that the Secretary of State wrongfully ruled that it did not have enough valid signatures. Protect the Vote v Johnson, e.d., 2:18cv-12692. Here is the 23-page Complaint. The initiative would legalize early voting in Michigan.
The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Terrence Berg, an Obama appointee.
The sample sizes are too small to detect duplicate signatures.
In California, there would have been a full check.
TOTAL mobilization to check ALL petitions.
ZERO trust in the Mich Courts – esp the partisan HACKS on the Mich Sup Ct.
— esp in ANY *reform* effort — despite the recent VNP effort getting on the Nov 2018 ballots.
Printing of Mich ballots about Sept 10, 2018 — esp for overseas USA troopers.
One more CRISIS case — in a more and more UNSTABLE regime.
Both USA 6 Cir and SCOTUS — on 24/7 CRISIS alert ???