The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal brought by 11 Michigan lawmakers seeking to challenge controversial changes to state election law pushed through by progressive groups in 2018 and 2022.
Left-wing groups took millions in “dark money” to run statewide referendums to eliminate all voter integrity laws and make challenging elections extremely difficult. The funds could have come from anywhere, and well-known loopholes in campaign finance law allow ‘layering’ so that foreign governments and left-wing billionaires can donate funds to non-profits and then have those funds eventually transferred to 501(c)4 entities that can engage in ballot initiatives.
Left-wing groups such as “Promote the Vote” raised $23 million in 2022 from dark money to repeal voter integrity laws, and the main group opposing their efforts only raised $4.1 million.
The lawmakers challenging these ballot initiatives, led by State Sen. Jonathan Lindsey (R-Coldwater), had argued that Promote the Vote’s ballot proposals, Proposal 3 of 2018 and Proposal 2 of 2022, unconstitutionally interfered with the state legislature’s authority to regulate federal elections.
Senator Lindsey exclusively said “Unfortunately the message from the Supreme Court from their action, is that we as legislators have no recourse when our rights are violated.”
Fellow litigant Steve Carra added: “The court seems to feel we don’t have standing, but it’s our responsibility in a Constitutional Republic to set the time, place, and manner of elections, and when that is usurped like this, it clearly erodes the will of the people.”
Rep. Steve Carra said “Rep. Carra is one of the signatories to the suit, “I think prop 2 only made it a lot easier to commit systemic voter fraud in Michigan.”
Carra continued, “They used millions of dollars in George Soros and out-of-state money to deceive voters, and now that they enshrined this in the Constitutional, further solidifies their ability to engage in systemic voter fraud.”
The authority for state legislatures to regulate elections is primarily derived from the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution. This clause, found in Article I, Section 4, Clause 1, states:
“The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof…”
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat who has consistently defended the initiatives, celebrated the court’s refusal to intervene. “This is a victory for the people of Michigan,” Benson said. “I hope this marks the end of an era filled with frivolous lawsuits and attacks on our elections.”
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