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Who screwed this up? - Speedy - 09-01-2022
Michigan Board Says Abortion Referendum Should Not Go to Voters
Abortion rights supporters gathered more than 750,000 signatures, but the petitions they circulated had formatting problems.
Pic of petition in link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/31/us/michigan-referendum-abortion-ballot.html?unlocked_article_code=c5jvOeQFF8yh5fsKTpQEZt1xMmVcALn3STJgOH3YaIfFE4jHSQHh-Zvyot__rrqsRrGdPZDsg5PJvx1FHmsZhVZjBQ2UHoZ0Xa79tWZTs_fyM6k0WHa5ij5CoQ_y-G5hA27KdGlxB8jT4sZhXnob4EQScICM63RAfwG4SSWQyAwlRlRHWL16hq7zXhrBrK84Pq4X0h6ufgNgg2zsq1iP5dLuKQ5blupy8an6ieX7dx9n-pmMGVELDARq8xR3ts-ggyq6CvGbnNy_u-WRZ-7bj4rbTw_Rlmxp4ow47e6_qyOHOlQ_rwP0hk3cVr4Ktg41bqXaRUq0npqsGiQxnir66E5kxGCsu0Rw&smid=share-url
Re: Who screwed this up? - Lemon Drop - 09-01-2022
"Leave it to the voters in the states."
Unless the voters want abortion to be legal.
Re: Who screwed this up? - Acer - 09-01-2022
It's not pretty, but I can read it just fine.
Re: Who screwed this up? - Tiangou - 09-01-2022
It’s perfectly legible.
Re: Who screwed this up? - Speedy - 09-01-2022
It’s notwhetheraperson can read it orwhetheritislegible, it’s whetheryouwantsomethinglookinglikethat addedtoyourstate’sconstitution.
Re: Who screwed this up? - mattkime - 09-01-2022
They wanted to find a technicality and they did. Its BS.
Re: Who screwed this up? - Acer - 09-01-2022
Speedy wrote:
It’s notwhetheraperson can read it orwhetheritislegible, it’s whetheryouwantsomethinglookinglikethat addedtoyourstate’sconstitution.
I know you're being Speedy, but to argue with a strawman for a moment, they're not going to take snapshot of that document and plaster it on the constitution with wallpaper paste. If you took the wordprocessing document they used to make the petition, and formatted it plain text, the spaces are all there. Better yet, blow it up 200% and all the spaces are there.
Re: Who screwed this up? - Speedy - 09-01-2022
mattkime wrote:
They wanted to find a technicality and they did. Its BS.
Not really, not when it occurs repeatedly. A spacing error at the end of a line? Ok, that’s a technicality. They must have hired an antiabortion expert in Quark.
Re: Who screwed this up? - August West - 09-01-2022
Do the words "Poll Tax" ring any bells?
Re: Who screwed this up? - mattkime - 09-01-2022
Speedy wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
They wanted to find a technicality and they did. Its BS.
Not really, not when it occurs repeatedly. A spacing error at the end of a line? Ok, that’s a technicality. They must have hired an antiabortion expert in Quark.
I'm not saying that a mistake wasn't made. Did the mistake impact the intention of the of the petitioners? To me, it seems unlikely.