GOP lawmakers petition U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against Michigan election laws

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(Michigan Advance) Several Republican lawmakers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case to deem voter-approved election law changes as unconstitutional, including the creation of an independent citizen-led redistricting commission, as well as same-day voter registration, no-reason absentee voting and nine days of early voting.

The effort to challenge changes to voting laws in the Michigan Constitution is being pursued by two Michigan state senators and nine state representatives and has been tossed out of lower courts since the group filed in late 2023 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.

The lawmakers are requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court recognize the group’s individual standing to challenge changes to Michigan’s constitution that they say violate the Elections Clause in the U.S. Constitution which sets the mandate as a state legislature to prescribe the “times, places and manner of holding elections”.

“The legislators insist that the Elections Clause confers upon individual lawmakers a right to vote on federal election regulations and any deprivation of that right injures them,” the petition reads. ....................(more)

https://michiganadvance.com/2025/03/25/gop-lawmakers-petition-u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-case-against-michigan-election-laws/

[SheltieLover]

1. What's their beef? 1 person 1 vote?