Legal Opinion
Bay County Democratic Party v. Land
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided October 19, 2004No. 04-10257-BC, 04-10267-BCPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFFS’ MOTIONS FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS
LAWSON, District Judge.
The plaintiffs in these consolidated matters have filed actions against the Michigan secretary of state and her director of elections challenging directives issued by the director to local election officials concerning the casting and tabulation of provisional ballots. Federal law now provides that a voter whose qualification to vote in a federal election is challenged must be allowed to cast a provisional ballot, which is…
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