Liberal super PAC sues Michigan over voting restrictions
A liberal super PAC that plans to spend millions in Michigan in 2020 has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel, arguing certain laws that restrict voter services are illegal and asking the court to stop Nessel from enforcing them.
The group, Priorities USA, argues in the suit that two Michigan laws — one prohibiting people from hiring vehicles to transport voters who can otherwise walk to the polls and another barring people from handling other peoples’ absentee ballots — are “unreasonable and unnecessary obstacles to voting” and are therefore unconstitutional.
“Together, the Voter Transportation Ban and the Absentee Ballot Organizing Ban make it even more difficult for voters for whom voting is already difficult — in particular, voters without access to private transportation — to vote,” the group wrote in a legal brief.
If these were legal, Priorities USA argues, the group would fund rides to the polls and services that help people submit absentee ballots. Rideshare company Uber offered discounted rides to polls in every state except Michigan in 2018 because of these laws, the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, notes.
Read more: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/liberal-super-pac-sues-michigan-over-voting-restrictions