Michigan GOP Wins Appeal to Block Paid Voter Transportation
- Ruling reinstates ban on paying for transportation of voters
- Appeals court says voters can get to the polls in other ways
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Michigan Republicans scored an appeals court victory upholding a law that makes it a crime to pay for transportation of voters to the polls in the swing state unless they’re physically unable to walk there.
The 2-1 decision late Wednesday blocks an injunction against enforcement of the law that had been issued by a lower court judge as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The ruling is a setback for Democratic-backed groups that said the ban needlessly makes voting more difficult.