Michigan Republicans Stumble in Dress Rehearsal for Overturning Future Elections

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Michigan Republicans just tried a dress rehearsal to overturning future elections, but the state supreme court quickly stepped in.

This doesn't mean they won't try again, but it has at least established one road map for how they'd fail.

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boltsmag.org
Michigan Republicans Stumble in Dress Rehearsal for Overturning Future Elections
The state’s supreme court restored abortion and voting rights measures to November’s ballot, rebuffing “a game of gotcha gone very bad.” But its composition could soon change.
10:34 AM · Sep 9, 2022

https://boltsmag.org/michigan-canvassing-board-election-subversion/

Ever since allies of Donald Trump in Michigan failed to stall the certification of Joe Biden’s win in 2020, they have pursued a methodical purge of election officials who affirmed the results, replacing them with new canvassers who wanted to overturn the election—and who could thwart the will of voters in the future.

Conservatives put their cards on the table sooner than expected. With Trump’s possible comeback bid still two years away, Republican members of Michigan’s State Board of Canvassers last week blocked two proposed constitutional amendments regarding abortion rights and voting rights. They flouted the usually-decisive recommendation of the state’s Bureau of Elections, which had determined that both measures received more than enough signatures to appear on the November ballot.

The state Supreme Court intervened on Thursday in a pair of 5-2 decisions that will put both amendments on the Nov. 8 ballot, meaning Michiganders will decide whether to codify the right to access abortion in the state constitution and whether to expand ballot access by strengthening a slate of voting procedures like mail-in voting.

But this also marks a failure for Michigan Republicans’ trial balloon for subverting future elections, whether the 2024 presidential race or the midterms. Once again, GOP canvassers weaponized their role in the long chain of custody over election processes, and this time they stayed unified long enough to halt routine procedures. But a majority on the high court did not blink, signaling that they are willing to act as a backstop—and could again in the future.

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[sakabatou]

1. Just drives home the point that the GOP will do anything to win

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2. So now all the Republicans in Texas are scrambling to fill the gaps with mo'better cheaters.

Sigh.