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LGBTQ rights campaign challenging Michigan’s signature requirements for ballot initiative
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metroweekly.comPride flag – Photo: Sharon McCutcheon, via Unsplash. Organizers behind a proposed initiative to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Michigan have sued the state over requirements that require them to collect in-person petition signatures to appear on the November ballot.
Fair and Equal Michigan has sued the Michigan Board of Canvassers, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and Elections Director Jonathan Brater, arguing that the state’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic — notably Gov.
Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home order and protocols calling for people to socially distance to avoid spreading the virus — has made it all but impossible to collect the requisite number of signatures for a ballot
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