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Lori Stone recall, Warren, Michigan (2024-2025)
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An effort to recall Mayor Lori Stone did not go to a vote in Warren, Michigan. Organizers suspended the recall effort in January 2024.[1]
Recall supporters
The recall effort was organized by Paul Kardasz, who filed two petitions against Stone. The first petition, which was rejected by the county election commission, was filed in response to Stone appointing Wesley Arnold as a member of the historical commission.[2][3]
The second petition received approval from the county election commission and was filed in response to an approved land bank agreement that wasn't signed by Stone within the time allowed by the city council. Petitions stated, "On November 26, the Council voted to give her 72 hours to sign the agreement. When she did not comply, the Council filed a lawsuit on December 9, 2024, in Macomb County Circuit Court (Case No. 2024-004810-AW) to compel her to authenticate the agreement."[4]
Recall opponents
Stone told WJBK that she did not sign the agreement because she still had questions about the impact of the land bank.[5]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan
No specific grounds are required for recall in Michigan. To get a recall on the ballot in Michigan, recall supporters must collect signatures equal in number to 25% of voters in the jurisdiction in the last gubernatorial election. They have 60 days between the collection of the first signature and the collection of the last signature on the petition. Recall petitions are eligible to collect signatures for 180 days.[6][7][8]
The first petition was rejected by the Macomb County Election Commission on the grounds that petition language was not clear.[9]
On December 30, 2024, the county election commission approved the second recall petition. Recall organizers would have needed to submit 12,251 valid signatures to put the recall on the ballot.[1]
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Detroit News, "Warren resident suspends recall campaign against Mayor Lori Stone," January 22, 2025
- ↑ CAIR-MI, "CAIR-MI Calls on Warren Mayor to Dismiss Anti-Muslim Historical Commission Member," October 24, 2024
- ↑ Macomb Daily, "Recall petition filed against Warren Mayor Lori Stone," October 24, 2024
- ↑ Michigan Advance, "Recall petition approved against Warren Mayor Lori Stone," January 8, 2025
- ↑ WJBK, "Warren political turmoil: Mayor faces recall over land bank dispute," December 30, 2024
- ↑ Michigan Election Law, "Act 116 of 1954: 168.955 Recall petition; number of signatures; certification." accessed October 13, 2023
- ↑ 'Michigan Election Law, "Act 116 of 1954: 168.961 Recall petition; filing; receipt; duties of filing official; duties of city or township clerk; certificate; duties of village clerk; use of qualified voter file." accessed October 13, 2023
- ↑ Michigan Election Officials' Manual, "Chapter 18 Recall Process," August 2017
- ↑ The Detroit News, "Recall petition against Warren Mayor Lori Stone denied by Election Commission," November 1, 2024
