medical records say. he can prosecute anyone, and all bets are off. and even if this ballot proposal were to pass, and i very much hope that it will, somebody has got to defend it in court. it is going to be challenged, and yes you have to defend it? the michigan attorney general. right, because the attorney general can just choose not to seek action if they don t believe in it. with the extreme positions on abortion and the extreme positions on election aisle, are you puzzled that there are still so many people who would support you are republican opponent, the governor s republican opponent, the secretary of state s republican opponent? because you re all being very clear on. this you all three are running against people have staked out extreme positions. according to the republicans i spoke to yesterday my panel, extreme even better public and standards. yeah, i am perplexed. these races are incredibly close. we just saw some polling come out and the governor and i are within a
tracking what went down last night. reporter: they hit on a lot here, the first time these two met on the debate stage, abortion a big part of it, partly because after hundreds of thousands of signatures, the right to an abortion will be on the ballot in michigan for voters to decide. you heard each talk about the other s opponents thoughts on abortion. dixon said she does oppose abortion. and whitmer backs what would be on the ballot proposal, which would enshrine the right for abortion, but even past fetus viability if it s to protect the health of the mother. in a recent statewide poll, part of this was blaming whitmer for
Concern over the future of Michigan’s Ballot Proposal 3 took center stage at an Ann Arbor women’s rally this weekend. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran has more on the voices raising that concern.
change after this ballot proposal becomes law. but then there is this other host of lies that those who oppose this proposal are willing to engage in and disseminate to the public and i do not think it is going to work. secretary benson i want to talk with you you talk about michigan and wisconsin which many of these things having to do with democracy and freedom right now are hinging on, and local initiatives. things that do not operate at the state level or operate with these groups like the board of canvassers. one of the two republican members of the border state, brigitte mccormack wrote the following. even though there is no dispute that everywhere the piers and appears legibly and in the correct order, and there is no evidence that anyone was confused about the text, two members of the board of state canvassers with the power to do so would keep the petition from the voters for what they report to be a technical violation of the statute. that s what it disenfranchise