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Posted on 09/03/2026 5:12:19 PM PDT by Red Badger
Only moments ago, Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied Americans for Citizen Voting–Michigan’s (ACVM) emergency request that the U.S. Supreme Court order their proof-of-citizenship and photo-ID constitutional amendment onto Michigan’s November 3 ballot.
The ACVM group had collected more than 700,000 signatures—well above the 446,198 required number to appear on the ballot.
Staff members of the Michigan Board of Elections allegedly took a “random“ sampling of 1,000 signatures and determined that 17 did not meet the required standard.
The problem is, the Michigan Board of Elections, which is under the direction of Michigan’s dirty Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, sat on the petition signatures for 5 1/2 months before even looking at it.
By the time they notified the petition organization, there was an issue with a small number of them; they only had a very short window to try to prove the names and signatures on the petition pages were valid.
Fortunately, the attorneys for the petitioners were able to come up with 23 affidavits from individuals attesting that the signatures on the petitions were theirs, which should have satisfied the MI Board of Canvassers demand. But on Aug 4, during a contentious back and forth, the MI Board of State Canvassers deadlocked 2–2 during a public hearing.
Two radical Democrats sitting on the board refused signatures that they both agreed were “perfect matches” with Michigan’s qualified voter file but dismissed them.
Even though they were received on Saturday, the two Democratic board members, who are also ACLU lawyers, claimed the signatures were received after the 10 AM deadline, so they refused to accept them.
In a normal world, this would go to the state Supreme Court, and they would rule in favor of the petitioners, as the Secretary of State‘s office has clearly gone out of their way to ensure that this proposal did not make it on the ballot.
If the signatures were perfectly matched, why were they being challenged in the first place? And why did they wait so long to tell the petitioners there was even a problem? And who made the decision about which random pages would be pulled from the boxes of petitions?
This situation is even more tragic when one considers that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told clerks in 2020 to ignore signature matching on absentee ballots for the November election.
Organizers argued the Board’s delay, its refusal to count late voter affidavits, and the Michigan Supreme Court’s failure to act violated due process and equal protection.
Kavanaugh asked the State for a response, received a briefing on September 2, and issued a one-line denial on September 3 with no written opinion and no referral to the full Court.
The denial means the federal courts will not force the measure onto this year’s ballot. The Board of State Canvassers can finalize the November ballot at its Friday, September 4, meeting.
The only remaining path for 2026 is the still-pending Michigan Supreme Court case (No. 170595). The extremely liberal and partisan MI Supreme Court has not scheduled an argument or issued an order. If it does not act before ballots are locked by the MI Board of Canvassers tomorrow and subsequently printed, the proposal is off the November ballot and would most likely return, if at all, in 2028.
Sadly, this is yet another blow from the courts that allows Democrats to destroy the sanctity of Michigan’s elections.
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This decision will seem good times after they pack the courts to 21. Thanks Thune!
This really stinks. The rat SOS who pulled this sabotage is running for Governor and she will steal it just like that bitch in AZ did.
Shades of the Obamacare decision...
Should I be surprised. ACB and Kavy are extremely unreliable. Neither one cares if this country survives or not.
Can anyone explain what the Michigan court is doing?
Judges are blocking any order that will stop illegals from voting.
The Supreme Court has told these Federal Judges that they CANNOT issue these galactic orders.
There’s a Federal Judge injunction or stay almost every day against President Trump.
They slow roll every judgement and appeal. For years hoping the claiment will die.
“Should I be surprised. ACB and Kavy are extremely unreliable. Neither one cares if this country survives or not.”
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What makes you think so? I’ve read their opinions at the DCA level and they seem to be committed patriots to me.
They are essentially running out the clock. Another day another court filing.........................
At 17 bad names per 1,000 that would mean around 12,000 invalid signatures. That is still well over the required number of valid signatures.
Gee I thought the Dems were all about democracy? Wouldn’t putting this to the voters be democracy.
Oh my bad. They mean democracy like the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Carefully crafted running out the clock.
This is what fascism in great detail exactly looks like when the government RULES over the people and ignores their own laws or constitution.
Lawfare. Alinsky style. Leftist lawyers being pumped with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to file lawsuits.
Anything Trump does as President will take 5-8 years in court.
The problem is, the Michigan Board of Elections, which is under the direction of Michigan’s dirty Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, sat on the petition signatures for 5 1/2 months before even looking at it.
If the above alleged intentional delay of processing the petition is true, then given the broad wording of Section 2 of the 14th Amendment (14A), that section a penalty for states that have compromised voting integrity, the delay is possibly future evidence of a violation of that section imo.
Note the zero tolerance "hair triggers" in that section that the Supremes, Pence and the J6 Congress wrongly ignored imo when lawmakers voted to accept Biden's questionable electoral votes in 2020 despite allegations of vote-counting problems.
is denied to any
or in any way abridged,
Section 2 of 14A: Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election [all emphases added] for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. [Apportionment of Representatives]Section 5 of 14A: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Shall be reduced.......................
“Thank you for referencing that article Red Badger.
The problem is, the Michigan Board of Elections, which is under the direction of Michigan’s dirty Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, sat on the petition signatures for 5 1/2 months before even looking at it.
If the above alleged intentional delay of processing the petition is true, then given the broad wording of Section 2 of the 14th Amendment (14A), that section a penalty for states that have compromised voting integrity, the delay is possibly future evidence of a violation of that section imo.
Note the zero tolerance “hair triggers” in that section that the Supremes, Pence and the J6 Congress wrongly ignored imo when lawmakers voted to accept Biden’s questionable electoral votes in 2020 despite allegations of vote-counting problems.
is denied to any
or in any way abridged”
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I’m sure Justice Kavanaugh would be happy to receive your learned exposition and conclusions regarding the 14th Amendment. You should forward it to him!
Either I’m not reading this right, or the story is FUBAR.
If 17 out of 1000 signatures were no good, that rate interpolates to 11,900 out of 700,000 (the article says over 700,000 submitted). Subtract 11,900 from 700,000 signatures, and you have an inferred 688,100 valid signatures. The article says 446,198 are required for the proposal to appear on the ballot. Using capitalist math, 688,100 is more than 446,198.
There must be more to this than the article presents, both in the math and the reasons Kavanaugh turned them down.
GOP still has a narrow path to keep the House. It will come down to Az, IO, MI, PA, and Texas.
Big oppourytinity in the NH Senate race.
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