Michigan court tosses GOP bid to disenfranchise overseas voters
A Michigan court Thursday handed voters a major win — rejecting a Republican lawsuit that sought to disenfranchise U.S. citizens living abroad.
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) cheered the ruling for rejecting a “disgraceful, coordinated attack against eligible Michigan voters.”
In a sweeping opinion, the Michigan Court of Claims dismissed the case brought by the Republican National Committee and state Republicans, upholding a law that allows certain U.S. citizens living overseas to inherit voting rights from their families in Michigan.
The ruling marks the second time courts have shut down GOP efforts in Michigan to eliminate voting access for overseas voters — and comes just days after Republicans filed a nearly identical lawsuit in Virginia.
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