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(31 Aug 2022)
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Lansing, Michigan - 31 August 2022
1. Exterior of the Michigan Capitol
2. Michigan Board of State Canvassers Chair Tony Daunt calls meeting to order
ANNOTATION: Michigan's Board of State Canvassers has rejected a ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution.
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3. Michigan Senate seal affixed to wall behind board members
ANNOTATION: The board denied the initiative Wednesday after its two Republican members voted against putting the amendment on the November ballot.
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4. Wide cutaway of board meeting
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tony Daunt, (R) Michigan Board of State Canvassers chair:
"I did not approve the form of this as it was circulated, and I wouldn't approve it now. I don't know how much more clear to be. I'm sorry."
6. Democratic member Mary Ellen Gurewitz calls for a vote
ANNOTATION: Abortion rights supporters have seven business days to appeal the board's decision to the state's Democratic-leaning Supreme Court.
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Darci McConnell, Reproductive Freedom for All spokeswoman:
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"Their own state Bureau of Elections says they had no standing to address that, that their job is to say whether we met the signature threshold or not. And more than 730,000 Michiganders from every county in the state read, understood and signed. And that's all they needed to say. Did we have enough signatures or did we not?"
8. Various of meeting
ANNOTATION: Michigan's gubernatorial election is among the races that would be on the same ballot Nov. 8. Abortion has emerged as a significant issue in the race since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in June.
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9. Meeting goes into recess
STORYLINE:
A Michigan elections board on Wednesday rejected an abortion rights initiative after its two Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
The two Democrats on the Board of State Canvassers voted in favor, but getting the measure on the ballot required at least three votes of the four-member board.
The Reproductive Freedom for All campaign, which gathered signatures to get the measure on the ballot, is expected to appeal to the Democratic-leaning Michigan Supreme Court in the coming days.
The proposed constitutional amendment aims to negate a 91-year-old state law that would ban abortion in all instances except to save the life of the mother. The meeting drew hundreds of people, who packed the hearing room and overflow rooms for a chance to comment.
Michigan's 1931 law — which abortion opponents had hoped would be triggered by a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade in June — remains blocked after months of court battles.
"More than 730,000 Michiganders from every county in the state read, understood and signed. And that's all they needed to say. Did we have enough signatures or did we not," said Darci McConnell, a spokeswoman for Reproductive Freedom for All.
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