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Jeanette Spicer recall, Albion, Michigan (2019)
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An effort in Albion, Michigan, to recall Councilwoman Jeanette Spicer was initiated in April 2019. Recall petitions against Spicer were approved for circulation on April 25, 2019.[1] Petitioners had 180 days from the point in which each petition was approved to begin gathering signatures, at which point they had 60 days to submit enough signatures to put each recall on the ballot. As of March 18, 2020, there was no indication that the recall had moved forward.
A second recall effort against an Albion official, targeting Mayor Pro Tempore Sonya Brown, was initiated in February 2019. For information on the recall effort against Brown, click here.
Recall supporters
Albion resident Daniel Farmer organized the recall effort. Petition language against Spicer read:[2]
| “ | I am proposing the recall of Council Member Spicer on the grounds she is failing to fulfill her obligation to return correspondence requested by her constituents. I have left 3 messages over the last 40 days and she has not made an in-earnest effort to return calls to set a meeting to discuss my problems and concerns.[3] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan
A recall petition must first be filed with the appropriate board, which then holds a hearing to determine whether the reason for the petition is "factual" and "clear;" that is the only criteria considered by the board to approve or reject the petition.
Once approved by the board, petitioners must amass a number of signatures equal to 25% of the number of votes cast in the last general election in the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled.[4] Petitioners have 60 days to collect these signatures beginning on the date the first signature is collected; however, the petition must be submitted no later than 180 days after it was approved by the board.
Petitioners in the recall effort against Spicer would have needed to submit 139 valid signatures to put the recall on the ballot.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WWMT, "Commission advances language in effort to recall Albion councilwoman," April 25, 2019
- ↑ WBCK, "EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO RECALL ANOTHER ALBION CITY COUNCIL MEMBER," April 17, 2019
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Michigan Legislature, "Michigan Compiled Laws Section 168.955," accessed February 16, 2016
