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League of Women Voters of Michigan v. Benson
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League of Women Voters of Michigan v. Benson, No. 353654 (Mich. Ct. Appeals) |
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| Case Summary | The League of Women Voters, with the support of the ACLU, has filed a lawsuit asking a court to order election officials to accept absentee ballots cast in the state's Aug. 4 primary as long as they are postmarked by Election Day and received within six days. | |
| Filed | 05/22/2020 | |
| State | Michigan | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 03/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Mail Voting Deadlines (for Applying, Receiving, Postmark), Postage Requirement) | |
| Complaint(s) | 05/22/2020: Complaint filed. | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 07/14/2020: Order/Ruling, The court was not persuaded that plaintiffs are entitled to relief and therefore denied the writ for mandamus. Plaintiffs filed this complaint for mandamus seeking an order of this Court directing defendant to implement certain procedures regarding the processing of absentee ballots. The most significant issue presented in this case is Count I of plaintiffs’ complaint, whether the statutory requirement that absentee ballots be received by the local election clerk by 8 p.m. on election day violates Const 1963, art 2, § 4 (which grants all Michigan voters the constitutional right to vote by absentee ballot without stating a reason). The court concluded that it does not. | |
League of Women Voters of Michigan v. Benson, No. 161671 (Mich. S. Ct.) |
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| Case Summary | The League of Women Voters, with the support of the ACLU, filed a lawsuit asking a court to order election officials to accept absentee ballots cast in the state's Aug. 4 primary as long as they are postmarked by Election Day and received within six days. Mandamus was denied by the Court of Appeals below. | |
| Filed | 07/14/2020 | |
| State | Michigan | |
| Type of Court | State | |
| Status | Closed | |
| Last Updated | 03/13/2021 | |
| Issue Tag(s) | Vote-by-Mail (Mail Voting Deadlines (for Applying, Receiving, Postmark), Postage Requirement) | |
| Dispositive Ruling(s) | 07/31/2020: Order/Ruling, Leave to appeal denied. | |
| 09/11/2020: Order/Ruling, The Court considered and denied the motion for reconsideration of its July 31st order. | ||
