Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
July 16, 2018 Stephen J. Markman,
Chief Justice
Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
157925(74)(75)(78)(82) David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein
Kurtis T. Wilder
CITIZENS PROTECTING MICHIGAN’S Elizabeth T. Clement,
CONSTITUTION, JOSEPH SPYKE, and Justices
JEANNE DAUNT,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
SC: 157925
v COA: 343517
SECRETARY OF STATE and
BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS,
Defendants/Cross-Defendants-
Appellees,
and
VOTERS NOT POLITICIANS BALLOT
COMMITTEE, d/b/a VOTERS NOT
POLITICIANS; COUNT MI VOTE, d/b/a
VOTERS NOT POLITICIANS; KATHRYN A.
FAHEY; WILLIAM R. BOBIER; and DAVIA C.
DOWNEY;
Intervening Defendants/Cross-
Plaintiffs-Appellees.
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On order of the Chief Justice, the motions for immediate consideration and to allow
the Attorney General to participate in oral argument by sharing five minutes of plaintiffs-
appellants’ allotted time for argument are GRANTED. On further order of the Chief
Justice, the separate motions of Fair Lines America and the American Civil Liberties Union
of Michigan to file briefs amicus curiae are GRANTED. The amicus briefs submitted by
those entities on July 13, 2018, are accepted for filing.
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
July 16, 2018
Clerk