But when this Court recently considered the petition requirement, a majority concluded that the pervasive lack of spacing between words in the amendment at issue was no obstacle to its placement on the ballot. Reproductive Freedom for All v Bd of State Canvassers , ––– Mich ––––, 978 N.W.2d 854 (2022). As my dissent in that case explained, spacing between words is a critical and longstanding practice that "facilitates reading and comprehension ...."
So I question whether that statement from Stand Up for Democracy is correct. See Reproductive Freedom for All v Bd of State Canvassers , ––– Mich. ––––, –––– n 1, 978 N.W.2d 854 (September 8, 2022) (Docket No. 164760) ( McCormack , C.J., concurring). There is no dispute about the signatures or form of this petition.