{"id":8425,"date":"2018-08-01T17:59:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T17:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/federal-court-strikes-down-michigan-law-banning-straight-ticket-voting\/"},"modified":"2018-08-01T17:59:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T17:59:30","slug":"federal-court-strikes-down-michigan-law-banning-straight-ticket-voting","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/press\/federal-court-strikes-down-michigan-law-banning-straight-ticket-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Court Strikes Down Michigan Law Banning Straight-Ticket Voting"},"template":"","class_list":["post-8425","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today a federal judge struck down a 2015 bill passed by the Michigan legislature and signed by Governor Snyder to ban straight-ticket voting. Common Cause joined the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the Democratic Party of Michigan, and Michigan voters challenging the law in court.","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8296}","{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[169,2066],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Today a federal judge struck down a 2015 bill passed by the Michigan legislature and signed by Governor Snyder to ban straight-ticket voting. Common Cause joined the A. Philip Randolph Institute and Michigan voters challenging the law in court.\r\n\r\nIn his 103 page opinion<\/a>, U.S. District Judge Gershwin Drain found the legislature \u201cintentionally discriminated against African Americans\u201d by trying to eliminate straight-ticket voting.\r\n\r\nStatement by Karen Hobert Flynn, President of Common Cause<\/b>\r\n\r\n\u201cThis is a big win for Michigan voters. The evidence in this case and Judge Drain\u2019s decision makes clear that the Michigan legislature intentionally discriminated against African Americans for partisan political purposes.\r\n\r\n\"This decision further demonstrates that now more than ever we need to restore the full rights and protections of the Voting Rights Act. We\u2019re pleased that the court recognized so strongly the impact the Michigan law would have on the constitutional rights of African-Americans. Since the Supreme Court\u2019s Shelby County v. Holder decision three years ago, 22 states have either rolled back important voting reforms or erected new obstructions to the ballot box. Today\u2019s decision breaks that pattern and we hope the rest of the country will take notice.\u201d\r\n\r\nTo read the court's ruling, Cliquez ici<\/a>."}}]},"yoast_head":"\nFederal Court Strikes Down Michigan Law Banning Straight-Ticket Voting - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/press-releases\/federal-court-strikes-down-michigan-law-banning-straight-ticket-voting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federal Court Strikes Down Michigan Law Banning Straight-Ticket Voting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/presse\/federal-court-strikes-down-michigan-law-banning-straight-ticket-voting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/federal-court-strikes-down-michigan-law-banning-straight-ticket-voting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/federal-court-strikes-down-michigan-law-banning-straight-ticket-voting\/\",\"name\":\"Federal Court Strikes Down Michigan Law Banning Straight-Ticket Voting - 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