LANSING, MI (MPRN)— A four-person election panel deadlocked Wednesday along partisan lines on sending an abortion rights proposal to the November ballot.
Republicans said petitions that were circulated had typos and words were pushed too close together to be easily understood.
Darci McConnell is with Reproductive Freedom for All. She says the campaign turned in far more signatures than are required to get on the ballot, and she says the campaign is taking the issue to the Michigan Supreme Court.
“Certainly that will be the next step, asking the Supreme Court to have the board do its job, essentially, and put this on the ballot because we have complied with the requirements.”
The board also deadlocked on approving a ballot access amendment to go before voters in November. That case is also expected to go to the state Supreme Court.