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No Michigan vote allowed on raising minimum wage

By Washington Examiner
Published July 25, 2014 12:31am ET
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No Michigan vote allowed on raising minimum wage
Michigan Elections Director Chris Thomas shows members of the Board of State Canvassers petition signatures his staff checked before determining that a group proposing to raise the minimum wage fell short of the signatures needed to put its proposal before the Legislature and possibly a statewide vote, at the state Capitol on Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Lansing, Mich. The board voted 3-1 not to certify the measure. (AP Photo) | AP

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s election board on Thursday nixed a voter-initiated proposal to raise the minimum wage, ruling that organizers did not collect enough valid voter signatures to qualify.

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