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Michigan abortion ballot issue gets surge in volunteers, signatures [1]
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Date: 2022-07
The campaign must turn in enough signatures by July 11 to qualify for the November ballot.
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“We are past the threshold, and we are very confident that we are going to have a large cushion,” Kovach said Tuesday.
Kovach said the campaign received a boost in support after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday struck down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that had guaranteed federal protection of abortion access for nearly 50 years.
Michigan is one of the states with pre-Roe laws criminalizing abortions, although a Court of Claims judge has issued an injunction blocking enforcement of the law.
Prosecutors in Kent and Jackson counties this week said they don’t believe the injunction applies to them and would consider prosecuting abortion providers.
But others, including the Republican-led Legislature, disagree with that interpretation.
Because of the fluidity of the law in Michigan, Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel on Friday said the constitutional amendment is the “best way” to keep abortion legal in Michigan.
Since Friday, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., rapper Eminem, and others have promoted the ballot measure.
More than 10,000 donors from across the country have given more than $100,000 to the campaign since Friday, Kovach said Tuesday.
The campaign told reporters Friday it had attracted a total 30,000 volunteers to circulate the petition and collect signatures.
“Our volunteers have exploded,” Kovach said.
The campaign is asking all volunteers to turn in their signatures by July 1 — 10 days before the deadline — to submit them, she said.
“We have been counting and working on verification as we go,” she said. “We anticipate having rigorous quality control.”
Gubernatorial candidates and campaigns to establish new state laws have struggled to meet the signature requirements this election cycle due to widespread signature forgeries and high signature costs, Bridge previously reported.
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