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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

Timothy King, Marian Ellen Sheridan, John Earl Haggard, Charles James Ritchard, James David Hooper, and Daren Wade Rubingh,

Plaintiffs,

v.

Gretchen Whitmer, in her official capacity as Governor of the State of Michigan, Jocelyn Benson, in her official capacity as Michigan Secretary of State, and Michigan Board of State Canvassers,

Defendants,

and

City of Detroit, Democratic National Committee and Michigan Democratic Party, and Robert Davis,

Intervenor-Defendants.

Civil Case No. 20-13134

Honorable Linda V. Parker

Opinion and Order Denying Plaintiffs’ “Emergency Motion for Declaratory, Emergency, and Permanent Injunctive Relief” (ECF No. 7)

The right to vote is among the most sacred rights of our democracy and, in turn, uniquely defines us as Americans. The struggle to achieve the right to vote is

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