Late today, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that voters would be able to vote on a referendum to protect abortion rights.
Supporters of reproduction rights gathered 750,000 signatures for the referendum, far more than was required. However, when the petition was presented to the Board of State Canvassers, the two Republicans on the board said the petition was invalid because of spacing between words. The two Democrats wanted the referendum to proceed.
The petitioners appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled in favor of the referendum.
CNN REPORTED:
The Michigan Supreme Court ordered Thursday that a citizen-initiative ballot measure seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution be added to the November ballot.
The court’s 5-2 ruling was issued the day before Michigan’s ballot needs to be finalized on Friday.
The order directs the Board of State Canvassers to certify the Reproductive Freedom for All petition as sufficient and eligible for placement on the ballot. This comes after the board had deadlocked on a 2-2 party-line vote on whether to certify the ballot initiative last week, leading Reproductive Freedom for All to ask the Supreme Court to intervene.
Without the referendum, a 1931 law banning abortions in all cases except to save the life of the mother, would have gone into effect.
Republicans will do whatever they can to prevent popular votes on abortion, because most people support abortion rights, as the Kansas referendum showed. The conservative state overwhelmingly voted to keep abortion rights in the state constitution.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Great news!
Expect a LOT more of this over the coming years:
Republicans will do whatever they can to prevent [fair, democratic] popular votes on [fill in with everything and anything, including candidates for office].
the two Republicans on the board said the petition was
invalid because of spacing between words.
The space between ears is the real problem.
“After Roe fell, Steve Bannon called for an ‘army of the awakened to shatter Democrats.'”
Steve’s been arrested for common everyday fraud but, he’s kept up with the martyrdom so popular in his politicized, conservative sect. An internet commenter wrote, “They all think they’re Joan of Arc, when they’re actually the Hamburgler.”
Btw- each time a rerun of Seinfeld airs, Bannon pockets money (Vanity Fair, 10-17-2016)
Bannon who adopted the Kremlin technique of taking criticisms that are accurately applied to him and using them, unadulterated, to falsely tar his enemy is doing it by claiming “regime media” protected the pro-abortion movement. The truth is the media covered and is covering for the conservative Catholic apparatus that overturned Roe.