STATEMENT BELOW FROM RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN
Today the Michigan Board of State Canvassers voted unanimously to allow another sample to be drawn for the Michigan Values Life petition drive to ban dismemberment abortions.
The four members of the board (two Democrats and two Republicans) agreed there were enough issues to merit another look from the Bureau of Elections.
The new sample will be larger, based on standard Bureau of Elections procedures. One point of concern for two members of the Board of State Canvassers involved thousands of additional signatures thrown out for “damage” by the Bureau of Elections, despite text on many of those petitions being totally legible.
Bureau of Elections staff has been directed to review those, at least some of which will definitely be added back to the total.
To our knowledge, this is the first time the Board of State Canvassers has voted for another review like this. We are encouraged that they saw reason today, and we thank our elite legal team who successfully argued our case.
We look forward to continuing the process of this petition drive and to eventually stop the barbaric practice of dismembering children in the womb.
We know Planned Parenthood will do everything possible to challenge the petition drive again and disenfranchise you, the people who signed this petition. And so once again, we will defend your voice when it comes time to review the larger sample in the coming weeks.