Legal experts Friday called challenges to the voting and abortion-related ballot initiatives a "ridiculous" effort of "legal politics." The Board of State Canvassers deadlocked along party lines this week on both Promote the Vote 2022 and Reproductive Freedom For All's separate initiatives – leading both to file suit in the Michigan Supreme Court, which generally has ruled against blocking ballot initiatives. "This is an issue that has agitated me a bit over the past years," said Chris Thomas, state elections director from 1981-2017. "There's some clarity in some Court of Appeals decisions that tells the Board their job is to
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