With back-to-back 4-0 votes, the Board of State Canvassers approved the constitutional initiatives for abortion and voting reform Friday to appear on the Nov. 8 ballot after a decision from the Michigan Supreme Court. The majority of the Supreme Court justices defined the Board of State Canvassers' duty as certifying if a form is correct or if the petition received enough signatures to proceed onward, not to rule on the substance of the proposal. “The Supreme Court did a wonderful job of clarifying the limited nature of the board’s power and I hope the board will understand that in the
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