Michigan Pandemic Orders Foes File State Supreme Court Lawsuit

A group pushing to repeal the state statute under which Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued Covid-19 orders filed a case in the state’s high court Friday seeking to end a deadlocked state election board.

The Board of State Canvassers—the bipartisan board that nearly failed to assign electoral college votes to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election—failed to do its statutorily required job and approve a petition brought by Unlock Michigan, the group said in its complaint.

The group submitted roughly 120,000 more signatures than required for approval of its referendum petition, which would repeal the 1945 state statute that ...