Emergency application
Voting measure ballot access
Americans for Citizen Voting - Michigan v. Michigan Board of State Canvassers
What did the Court do?
The Court denied the request on September 3, 2026, so nothing changes while the case continues in the lower courts.
Emergency rulings are temporary and do not decide the underlying case.
What's being asked
Americans for Citizen Voting–Michigan and Fred Smith ask the Supreme Court for an emergency injunction (a temporary court order) while they appeal. Their application says Michigan's Board of State Canvassers deadlocked over whether their proposed constitutional amendment had enough signatures for the November 3, 2026 ballot. They say the petition had more than 700,000 signatures, above the 446,198 required, but the board did not certify it.
What the Court did
The Court refused emergency relief: Justice Kavanaugh denied (turned down) the application. The record does not say how the justices voted.
What it means
This emergency ruling addresses only immediate relief, not the final question of whether the initiative qualifies for the ballot. The underlying dispute was before the Michigan Supreme Court. The docket lists no related Supreme Court case on the main question or argument date.
Sources
Facts on this page come from the Supreme Court docket, orders, and opinions for No. 26A275. The answers restate that record in plain words; explainer copy is written from the record and the filings only.