Michigan citizens-only voting proposal will not appear on November ballot
Seven hundred ten thousand signatures. A 1,000-name sample. Three valid names short. The Court said no.
Summary
- Just the News reports the Michigan Supreme Court late Thursday refused to put Americans for Citizen Voting's proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot, hours after Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied the group's emergency petition without explanation.
- The measure would have written citizen-only voting into the state constitution, required regular roll review, and required photo ID. Groups submitted more than 700,000 signatures in March, above the 446,198 valid signatures required.
- The Bureau of Elections sampled 1,000 signatures and found 612 valid. It needed 629. The Board of State Canvassers found 626 of 1,000, three short. Last week's two board votes tied on party lines, with Republicans for and Democrats against.
- Spokesperson Kristin Combs said nearly 710,000 Michigan citizens signed believing they would vote on it. Friday the Board of State Canvassers finalized the ballot. Absentee ballots begin going out in 20 days.
Commentary
A Flint night machinist still wipes metal dust and watches a petition table that should have bought a line on the ballot. He did not walk a block in the cold so a 1,000-name sample could kill 710,000 names.
Six hundred twelve. Six hundred twenty-six. Three. Short. The honest mom already signed. The sample paid the silence.
Look every working father who still carries a photo ID to a plant gate in the eye and answer this: if three names in a sample can bury 710,000, who still owns the next citizen-only line?
Comments
700,000 in. 446,198 needed. 612 of 1,000. 626 of 1,000. Three short. Hold that math.
I stood a table so a citizen would be the only voter. A tie vote is not a people.
Kavanaugh denied. Michigan Supreme sat. Ballot locked Friday. Publish the three.
Allied states still put citizen-only language on a ballot when the signatures clear. A sample is a knife.
Photo ID. Roll review. Citizen-only text. 20 days to absentee. File the four.
I still punch a clock at 5 a.m. I want the next sample large enough to match the walkers.
A kid should not wait on a roll the state refused to let voters harden. Keep the ID. Keep the fight.
A killed citizen-only line is a second border around the count. The first 710,000 should have been enough.
Just the News printed 612, 626, 629, and Kavanaugh. Argue those nouns.
Keep the signatures. Widen the sample. A citizen-only constitution is the floor.
