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Supreme Court blocks emergency bid to place Michigan citizenship ballot measure

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene to place Americans for Citizen Voting’s proposed proof-of-citizenship amendment on Michigan’s November ballot after the state canvassers invalidated most signatures. The board found only 626 of 1,000 sampled signatures valid, while the Bureau of Elections counted 612 valid; the measure requires 446,198 valid signatures. Justice Kavanaugh denied the emergency appeal without explanation, leaving the decision to Michigan’s courts and potentially altering whether the proposal appears on the ballot.