Michigan Court Gives LGBTQ Group Ballot-Signature Extension

A Michigan group seeking state LGBTQ employment rights will get 69 more days to gather signatures, a state court ruled, saying the group’s time to gather signatures was cut short by coronavirus pandemic orders.

Fair and Equal Michigan, a group seeking gender identity and sexual orientation protections to be covered by state law, sued the Michigan secretary of state to get extra days for collecting signatures needed to put its law-change measure on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Michigan Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens ruled Wednesday that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) “Stay Safe At Home” orders prevented the group from ...