The mistake in the ballot proposal petition is contained in a section that prescribes how a new director of state elections would be selected. It calls for procedures "as provided for in Article II, Section 11" of the Michigan Constitution.

The problem is there is no Section 11 in either the current constitution or the proposed ballot amendment...

Dianne Byrum, a consultant for Reform Michigan, said Thursday that she... was unaware of the drafting error.

Umm.... oops?

Tough to call for procedures that don't exist.  And even tougher to legally amend a section of the constitution using another section that isn't there.

According to the Citizens Research Council, a non-partisan organization that digs through ballot plans every year this is only one of several mistakes in the 21,000 word document.  No word on what the others might be just yet.  

So now the clandestine backers of this stealth petition want the bureau of elections to:

A)  Ignore the rampant fraud and outright lies their circulators used to obtain signatures

B)  Summarize 21,000 words and 36 specific constitutional changes using 100 words total (if you think it's possible, you try)

C)  Ignore the constitution which plainly limits the ballot initiative amendment process to one issue / change at a time and now

D)  Ask the voters to amend the constitution to use procedures outlined in a phantom section that only exists somewhere in the dark recesses of Mark Brewer's fever addled brain?

Yeah, no thanks.  

Nothing is over until it's over but RMGN is down forty-love and on the short end of a 6-0, 6-0, 5-0 set.  And Diane Byrum?  She's no Raphael Nadal.