Pro-Voting Groups Challenge Michigan’s Voter Transportation Ban in New Lawsuit (www.democracydocket.com)

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Aug. 11, pro-voting groups filed a lawsuit challenging a Michigan statute that makes it a misdemeanor to “hire a motor vehicle” to transport voters to the polls unless they are “physically unable to walk.” According to the lawsuit, which was filed in state court, “no other state has an equivalent prohibition.”

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like the law came about in 1895 as an attempt to stop people from using transportation as a form of buying votes.
The context of transportation has changed a bit since then, so it wouldn't surprise me if it got tossed out by the legislature, given all the pro-voting stuff the state has had recently.

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