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Michigan

Takket

(22,512 posts) Mon Oct 21, 2019, 01:28 PM Oct 2019

https://www.wxyz.com/news/supreme-court-overturns-ruling-in-michigan-gerrymandering-case

Does this matter? Didn’t we pass a ballot initiative for this anyway? I’m confused...

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SCOTUS throws out anti-gerrymandering case? (Original Post) Takket Oct 2019 OP

The lawsuit would just need to be refiled in state court. Scoopster Oct 2019 #1

Republicans tried to rig the vote in Michigan LessAspin Nov 2019 #3

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1. The lawsuit would just need to be refiled in state court.

Mon Oct 21, 2019, 01:39 PM

Oct 2019

But yes, there was a ballot initiative already passed while this court case was going, and it will still be in effect.

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2. Yes the ammendment passed, but a court ruling would have been more immediate...

Mon Oct 21, 2019, 01:42 PM

Oct 2019

(1,406 posts)

3. Republicans tried to rig the vote in Michigan

Fri Nov 29, 2019, 09:34 PM

Nov 2019

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