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Board hearing spotlighted petition-timing dispute for Invest in My Kids and minor typos in petition manual
Summary
Public commenters and bureau staff debated which Invest in My Kids filing was the operative petition, whether the board missed a statutory 30‑day review deadline, and the Bureau of Elections’ plan to correct two typographical errors in the petition manual.
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers on July 10 heard public comment and staff explanation about a contested sequence of petition submissions from Invest in My Kids and two typographical errors in the Bureau of Elections’ petition manual.
Attorney John Lidl, speaking for Invest in My Kids, told the board the organization first filed a proposed constitutional amendment on June 4, then withdrew that petition and submitted a new version on June 16. Lidl said the Bureau of Elections should treat the June 16 filing as the operative submission and that the board’s earlier action at its July 10 meeting had missed the 30‑day statutory deadline to approve or reject the June 16 submission. Lidl also asked the board to correct two typographical errors in the ballot question manual before final adoption: a misrendered…
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