Recalls

The entire Marquette Township Board of Trustees is facing the prospect of recall battles going into early next year.
The reason? The Marquette Mining Journal reports that recall organizers have been angry with members who failed to support a water plan which would develop new wells in the Upper Peninsula township, instead relying on water [...]

The head of the Michigan Democratic Party says the people behind the effort to recall House Speaker Andy Dillon have committed fraud and forgery. After having staff and an outside public relations firm give the petitions a thorough examination, Party Chairman Mark Brewer detailed what he claims was widespread illegal conduct in the now all [...]

The Michigan Secretary of State’s Office has released its preliminary findings and it looks like there are not enough signatures to force a recall election against House Speaker Andy Dillon.

The Redford Township Democrat came under fire with nine other lawmakers last October after votes to raise taxes. The recall efforts against the other nine fizzled [...]

UPDATE — 11:01 a.m. – According to a press release from the Michigan Democratic Party, complaints against Leon Drolet and his three entities — Michigan Taxpayers Alliance Foundation, Michigan Liberty Club and Michigan Recalls Organization– have been filed with both the Michigan Secretary of State and the IRS.

Liz Kerr, spokesperson for the MDP, said the [...]

As representatives of the Recall Andy Dillon Committee delivered recall petitions to the state today, the financing of the effort may have violated campaign finance laws.

House Speaker Dillon, a Democrat, has been targeted by anti-tax activists for his leading role in last year’s budget deal and tax increase. Leading the charge against Dillon is Leon [...]

The group attempting to recall Rep. Robert Dean, D-Grand Rapids, admitted failure and is throwing in the towel.

According to a report in the Grand Rapids Press, a spokesperson from Taxpayers to Recall Robert Dean said the group was unable to collect the 8,714 signatures needed to force a recall election.

The recall attempt was led primarily [...]

The recalls of Michigan lawmakers saw a few new developments this week as one group launched a court challenge and another saw its recall language rejected.

The Michigan Taxpayer Alliance (MTA) is attempting to recall primarily Democratic lawmakers who voted to increase taxes in October, and the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) is retaliating by going after [...]

Former Republican Speaker of the House Rick Johnson, R-Leroy, has written a newspaper editorial denouncing a recall campaign against Rep. Mike Simpson, D-Liberty Township.

The Michigan Taxpayer Alliance, led by Republican Macomb County Commissioner and former state Rep. Leon Drolet, is leading recalls against primarily Democratic lawmakers who voted to increase the state income tax and [...]

The old saying that “you need a scorecard to know the players” can apply to the recall efforts against primarily Democratic lawmakers.

Developments occur almost daily over the attempt to recall lawmakers who voted for the increase of the income tax and the sales tax on some services — since repealed — that avoided a government [...]

An Oakland County Circuit Court Judge ruled Wednesday that the recall petition language against Rep. Marie Donigan, D-Royal Oak, was unclear, putting a stop to almost three months of work by Stop Hurting Michigan’s Kids to recall her.

The three-person Oakland County Election Commission approved recall language on the petitions by a vote of 2-1 in [...]