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Newsbrief:
Board
of
Canvassers
Rejects
Michigan
Initiative,
Appeals
Court
Next
9/6/02
Michigan's drug reform ballot
initiative has been dealt a possibly fatal setback for 2002, according
to an article in the Detroit News on Tuesday, September 3. The Michigan
Drug Reform Initiative (http://www.drugreform.org/michigan/),
along with an unconnected ballot proposal to earmark state tobacco settlement
funds to health care, was rejected by the State Board of Canvassers, which
ruled that the measures were defectively worded. The board voted
4-0 against the drug reform measure, saying it would cancel out an unrelated
portion of the state's constitution that guarantees rights of crime victims.
A bulletin from the Initiative
& Referendum Institute (http://www.iandrinstitute.org)
stated that "many initiative experts believe that the Board of Canvassers
overstepped their authority. The statutes seem to be clear as to
what their responsibilities are: 1) approve and ballot wording proposed
by the Secretary of State (MS 168.474); 2) assign the ballot number (MS
168.474a); 3) verify the validity of the signatures that are submitted
(MS 168.476); and 4) declare if there are sufficient signatures to place
the issue on the ballot (MS 168.477)."
Initiative proponents have
said they will appeal the decision, so further Michigan initiative action
is now in the hands of the courts.
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Issue #253, 9/6/02
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