A Michigan judge is giving an LGBT rights ballot drive more time to collect signatures due to coronavirus restrictions but is refusing its request to slash the number of signatures to make the November ballot. Wednesday's ruling from Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens means a 69-day period won't count as part of a 180-day window in which Fair and Equal Michigan's petitions must be gathered. The judge declined to reduce the 340,000-signature requirement to 127,000. The ballot committee's proposal would prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations.
