Michigan Supreme Court spokesperson John Nevin... (EDIT... WE DID IT! FUCK YEAH!)

[demmiblue]

Michigan Supreme Court spokesperson John Nevin told me just now there will be court opinions on the two ballot proposals within the next 15 minutes.

Link to tweet

That was 20 minutes ago.

[demmiblue]

1. NEW: Michigan Supreme Court has has ordered abortion rights initiative onto the ballot, per oppositi

NEW: Michigan Supreme Court has has ordered abortion rights initiative onto the ballot, per opposition group that had challenged word spacing. I have yet to see the ruling.

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[hlthe2b]

2. Surely they won't pull a "Judge" Cannon

[demmiblue]

4. It's on the ballot!

I'm so happy right now!

[hlthe2b]

5. thank heavens. Good on that trio of very competent women officials.

[demmiblue]

3. BREAKING: Michigan voters will see abortion rights on the Nov. 8 ballot, Michigan Supreme Court rule

BREAKING: Michigan voters will see abortion rights on the Nov. 8 ballot, Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday night.

Not yet seeing opinion on voting measure. Story to follow.

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[demmiblue]

6. DOUBLE FUCK YEAH: Michigan Supreme Court also orders canvassers to put voting rights initiative...

Michigan Supreme Court also orders canvassers to put voting rights initiative on the November ballot.

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[MuseRider]

7. Sending "Atta Girls" from Kansas

or "Atta women" your preference.

Somehow I cannot imagine this ending up any differently that it did here. I know a lot of people from Michigan and sadly most of them are Trumpers but I would guess at least half of them would vote to keep abortion in their state. I bet it is likely Michigan goes Pro Roe! Just a guess.

[demmiblue]

9. Thank you, MuseRider!

I am pretty confident that we will have our reproductive rights enshrined in our state constitution come November. This ballot proposal measure got a record breaking number of signatures. Also, women are pissed (and so are a lot of men)!

[MuseRider]

11. YAY!!!

Go get 'em and be very proud. This momentum is so exciting. We will be keeping our organizations together.

[Meadowoak]

10. It is certain.

[MuseRider]

12. So Happy!

[demmiblue]

8. Proposal 22-3:

Proposal 22-3

A proposal to amend the state constitution to establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make all decisions about pregnancy; allow state to prohibit abortion in some cases; and forbid prosecution of individuals exercising established right

This proposed constitutional amendment would:

- Establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy, such as prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and infertility;
- Allow state to prohibit abortion after fetal viability unless needed to protect a patient’s life or physical or mental health;
- Forbid state discrimination in enforcement of this right; prohibit prosecution of an individual, or a person helping a pregnant individual, for exercising rights established by this amendment; and invalidate all state laws that conflict with this amendment.

Should this proposal be adopted?
[ ] YES
[ ] NO

[PlanetBev]

13. California is proud of you!

Go Michigan! Kick some Fascist ass in November!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

14. This is great! It should not have been this supenseful.

A bit of proofreading by some fourth-graders would have exposed the typographical weakness before producing the signature forms.

THERUNONWORDSINARTICLEONEWEREOBVIOUS. Fourth-graders would have laughed at them.

Anyway, now we have a good ballot that should draw many voters to the polls.

[demmiblue]

15. Interestingly...

vimeo.com/745538798



Anywho...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. That IS interesting, and it shows that, once again, it's a stupid FONT problem

It still should have been discovered by proof-reading. Article 1 could have been switched from all-caps to mixed-case and it would have been more legible.

Thanks for posting that.

And, GOTV!