Category: Court battle

Dispute Over ‘Correcting’ Sex on Transgender Birth Record Heads to Ohio Supreme Court

October 12, 2022
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Some Ohio counties would have rubber-stamped Hailey Adelaide’s request to change an official birth record “sex marker” from male to female. But Adelaide, who was born with obvious male anatomy but has lived as a female, lodged the request in a county where officials believe state law gives them no authority to alter that aspect…

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Benson Loses Round in Fight Over Dead People on Michigan Voter Rolls

August 26, 2022
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s latest legal maneuver to avoid removing 25,975 deceased people from the state’s voter rolls has been stymied by a federal court. Benson moved for dismissal of a case brought against her in November 2021 by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) for her failure to clean up the state’s…

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