By Rick Pluta
"Shame! Shame! Shame! ..."
Those are shouts from the crowd as a state elections panel deadlocked on whether to put a referendum challenge to the emergency manager law on the November ballot. Both Republicans on the four-person bipartisan panel said opponents of the campaign successfully raised questions about whether the petitions were printed in the wrong font size. Democrats voted to put the question on the ballot. The deadlock means the question does not go to voters.
Herb Sanders is the attorney for the Stand Up for Democracy campaign. He said the next stop is the Michigan Court of Appeals.
"You know that some people put party lines over justice and democracy, so nothing surprises me at this point. But I am not deterred. I am determined." Said Sanders.
Sanders said the petition is technically correct, and the board's decision deprives the 203 thousand people who signed the petitions of their right to challenge a law they don't like.
Copyright 2010, MPRN
"Shame! Shame! Shame! ..."
Those are shouts from the crowd as a state elections panel deadlocked on whether to put a referendum challenge to the emergency manager law on the November ballot. Both Republicans on the four-person bipartisan panel said opponents of the campaign successfully raised questions about whether the petitions were printed in the wrong font size. Democrats voted to put the question on the ballot. The deadlock means the question does not go to voters.
Herb Sanders is the attorney for the Stand Up for Democracy campaign. He said the next stop is the Michigan Court of Appeals.
"You know that some people put party lines over justice and democracy, so nothing surprises me at this point. But I am not deterred. I am determined." Said Sanders.
Sanders said the petition is technically correct, and the board's decision deprives the 203 thousand people who signed the petitions of their right to challenge a law they don't like.
Copyright 2010, MPRN