CLOSE We’ve heard a lot about voter suppression as we approach Election Day. So what is it and how does it manifest itself? The Associated Press explains. (Oct. 5) AP Domestic The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has ruled in favor of Michigan’s Republican-led legislature, reinstating the state’s ban […]
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Federal appeals panel upholds Michigan’s voter transportation ban
A federal appeals court panel has upheld Michigan’s ban on transporting voters to the polls, overturning a Detroit federal district judge in the latest decision from a suit filed last year by a Democratic group seeking to invalidate the law. The voter-transportation law, which was challenged by the Priorities USA super […]
Michigan ban on paid voter transportation reinstated by federal court
A federal appeals court reinstated a Michigan state law banning paid transportation to bring voters to the polls this week, siding with the Republican-majority legislature. In an Oct. 21 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit overturned a lower court’s decision to suspend enforcement of the […]
Court upholds Michigan law that bars hiring voter transportation
CLOSE We’ve heard a lot about voter suppression as we approach Election Day. So what is it and how does it manifest itself? The Associated Press explains. (Oct. 5) AP Domestic The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has ruled in favor of Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature, reinstating the state’s ban […]