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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS v. SEC. OF STATE

Nos. 163711, 163712, 163744, 163745, 163747, and 163748.

975 N.W.2d 840 (2022)

508 Mich. 520

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MICHIGAN, Progress Michigan, Coalition to Close Lansing Loopholes, and Michiganders for Fair and Transparent Elections, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SECRETARY OF STATE, Defendant-Appellee, and Attorney General, Intervening Defendant-Appellee. League of Women Voters of Michigan, Progress Michigan, Coalition to Close Lansing Loopholes, and Michiganders for Fair and Transparent Elections, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellee, and Attorney General, Intervening Defendant-Appellant. League of Women Voters of Michigan, Progress Michigan, Coalition to Close Lansing Loopholes, and Michiganders for Fair and Transparent Elections, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Secretary of State, Defendant-Appellant, and Attorney General, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided January 24, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goodman Acker, PC, Southfield (by Mark Brewer ) for plaintiffs.

Christopher M. Allen , Assistant Solicitor General, and Mark G. Sands , S. Peter Manning , Linus Banghart-Linn , and Christopher Braverman, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Department of the Attorney General.

B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, and Heather S. Meingast , Assistant Attorney General, for the Secretary of State.

Erik A. Grill , Assistant Attorney General, for the Board of State Canvassers, Amicus Curiae.

Bursch Law PLLC, Caledonia (by John J. Bursch ) and Dickinson Wright PLLC (by Charles R. Spies , Robert L. Avers , Ann Arbor, and Maureen J. Moody , Lansing) for the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives, Amici Curiae.

Witte Law Offices, PLLC, Lansing (by Norman C. Witte ) for Secure MI Vote, Amicus Curiae.

Doster Law Offices PLLC (by Eric E. Doster ) for Unlock Michigan, Amicus Curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH

OPINION

This case involves the validity of amendments to the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq., which have the ability to affect how millions of Michiganders participate in this state's direct-democracy process. It, therefore, concerns issues that are of the utmost importance to the constitutional rights of the...

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