Michigan's Primary Law Ruled Unconstitutional

A federal judge in Detroit has ruled that Michigan's 2007 law setting up a Jan. 15 presidential primary is unconstitutional because it unfairly prevents minor parties from having access to lists of voters after the fact.

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unfairly prevents minor parties from having access to lists of voters after the fact.

I don't fully understand. Are you saying the judge is saying that the law moving the primary to an earlier date effectively or explicitly prevents minor parties from accessing lists of participants in the primary, whereas their normal law would have allowed minor parties the required access to the desired voter lists?

Posted by dry_fish | March 26, 2008 4:21 PM

The question is, is the entire law struck down or just the portion relating to the access to voters lists.

Posted by D | March 26, 2008 4:22 PM

I would like to know how it got voted in and passed to move up the primary in Michigan and Florida. This is like a repeat of Florida`s chads and Gore lost because of this. It is only fair to let every person`s vote from every state to be heard and counted. Both Demacratic`s should want a redo or use the votes from Jan. 15 2008. We all know why Barack does not want a redo, Clinton would be ahead. I think it really stinks that these two big states are not being counted. That is a very unfair win for Barack if he does end up winning. How can he or any one from the Demacratic party look in the mirror and knowing they did not have a fair win. This country is really going to hell. We might as well dig a hole and jump in it. Between our oil, our USA products being made in other country`s so these US Company`s can live higher on the hog. Greed, Greed, Greed, thats all it boils down to. Stupid goverment people allowing this to happen.

Posted by Cathy Harris | March 27, 2008 7:54 PM