DETROIT — The Michigan Board of State Canvassers deadlocked along party lines on certification of a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution, pushing the battle over the fate of the proposal into the Michigan Supreme Court.
In a heated debate over a lack of spacing between words in the petition text, canvassers split along party lines hours after doing the same on a separate initiative related to voting rights.
The 2-2 deadlock votes mean ballot initiatives for abortion and voting rights will not proceed to the Nov. 8 ballot short of court intervention.
