I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land today made official what she had said in a preliminary report: There are not enough valid signatures on a petition to go ahead with a recall election against House Speaker Andy Dillon, D-Redford Township.
The petitioners filed 15,737 signatures with the Bureau of Elections on May 1. After completing the canvass and incorporating information gathered through the challenge process, the petition falls 776 short of the 8,724 signatures necessary to put the recall question on the Aug. 5 primary ballot.
“I commend the professionalism of the local election officials and the Bureau of Elections as we moved through this extensive and time-consuming review process,” Land said.
The Bureau of Elections’ preliminary findings released on May 23 showed that only 8,224 signatures were valid and those of registered voters. Since that time, challenges filed by the officeholder regarding the registration status of signers and circulators and to the genuineness of their signatures have been reviewed. Also reviewed were rebuttals from the sponsors of the recall petition.
Continued -The official findings from the Secretary of State are as follows:
Regarding allegations of forgery and other crimes by signature gatherers, the Secretary of State’s Office and the Bureau of Elections will forward their findings and all challenges received during the petition review to the attorney general and the Wayne County prosecutor for further investigation.
“The Secretary of State has placed the final nail in the coffin of what has been an illegal, deceptive and fraudulent campaign to recall Andy Dillon,” said Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer. “The winner in today’s ruling is the sanctity of the election process, and the loser is Leon Drolet and his illegal tactics.”
Drolet, organizer of the recall effort, has not returned calls by Michigan Messenger.
Dillon was targeted for recall for his role in the Legislature’s efforts last year to raise taxes as it was attempting to balance the state budget.
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