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CITIZENS PROTECTING v. SECRETARY OF STATE

No. 157925.

921 N.W.2d 247 (2018)

503 Mich. 42

CITIZENS PROTECTING MICHIGAN'S CONSTITUTION, Joseph Spyke, and Jeanne Daunt, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF STATE and Board Of State Canvassers, Defendants/Cross-Defendants-Appellees, and Voters Not Politicians Ballot Committee, d/b/a Voters Not Politicians; Count Mi Vote, d/b/a Voters Not Politicians; Kathryn A. Fahey; William R. Bobier; and Davia C. Downey, Intervening Defendants/Cross-Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 31, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickinson Wright PLLC (by Peter H. Ellsworth and Ryan M. Shannon ,) for plaintiffs.

B. Eric Restuccia , Chief Legal Counsel, and Heather Meingast , and Denise Barton , Assistant Attorneys General, for defendants/cross-defendants.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, and Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, for amici curiae, the Attorney General.

Maddin, Hauser , Roth & Heller, PC, (by Jonathan B. Frank ) for amici curiae, Senator Carl Levin, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Common Cause.

Mark Granzotto , for amici curiae, the Campaign Legal Center.

Witte Law Offices, PLLC (by Norman C. Witte ,) for amici curiae, Fair Lines America.

Sachs Waldman PC (by Andrew Nickelhoff , and Mami Kato ,) and Michael J. Steinberg , Daniel S. Korobkin , and Sharon Dolente , for amici curiae, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH.

OPINION

The question in this case is whether the voter-initiated amendment proposed by intervening defendant Voters Not Politicians (VNP) should be placed on the ballot. VNP launched a petition drive to propose an amendment that would reestablish a commission to oversee legislative redistricting. Plaintiffs brought suit to...

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