Legal Opinion
Ferency v. Secretary of State
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided July 22, 1991No. Docket 129240PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSawyer, P.J.
Defendant appeals from an order granting summary disposition in favor of plaintiff pursuant to MCR 2.116(0(10) and declaring uncon*401stitutional certain portions of the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq.; MSA 6.1001 et seq., that deal with the conducting of presidential and general partisan primary elections. We reverse.
Plaintiff filed his complaint in circuit court, seeking to have declared unconstitutional 1988 PA 275, which establishes a closed presidential primary. Under the provisions of the act, in order to be eligible to vote in the presidential primary, a voter must declare, at…
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