Common Cause, một bên tham gia vụ kiện, đã đưa ra tuyên bố sau đây hôm nay hoan nghênh việc Tòa án Tối cao Hoa Kỳ bác bỏ đơn kháng cáo của Tổng chưởng lý Bill Schuette và Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Michigan về việc khôi phục lệnh cấm bỏ phiếu trực tiếp kịp thời cho cuộc bầu cử ngày 8 tháng 11:

“The U.S. Supreme Court made the right decision to reject Attorney General Bill Schuette’s ill-advised, last-minute appeal to ban straight-ticket voting in Michigan. This was a clear assault on basic voting rights, which would disproportionately have affected communities of color,” said Allegra Chapman, Director of Voting and Elections for Common Cause.  “The Attorney General has been on the losing side of this issue in court, time and time again.  In the name of government transparency, Common Cause calls on AG Schuette to disclose how much the State spent on court action for this case.”

On Sept. 1, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Schuette’s emergency motion.  That followed a unanimous 6th Circuit Court decision last month to reject the State’s appeal for straight-ticket voting ban.  In July, a Detroit U.S. District Court judge struck down the straight-ticket ban, ruling it would harm African-Americans’ ability to participate in the political process.