Mayor and city council recall, Montrose, Michigan (2025)

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Montrose mayor and city council recall
Officeholders
Thomas Banks Todd Pangle Lori Machuk
Recall status
Underway (Banks) Did not go to a vote (Pangle & Machuk)
Signature requirement
25% of city voters in the preceding gubernatorial election
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An effort to recall Mayor Thomas Banks is underway in Montrose, Michigan.

An effort to recall Councilman Todd Pangle did not go to a vote after the petition language was denied at a clarity and factual hearing on June 11, 2025.

An effort to recall Councilwoman Lori Machuk did not go to a vote after she was deemed ineligible for recall. In Michigan, candidates elected to four-year terms who are in the first or last year of that term are not eligible to be recalled. Click here to learn more about laws governing recall in the state of Michigan.

Recall supporters

Two petitions have been filed for the recall of Banks. The first, which was denied by the Genesee County Election Commission on June 3, 2025, read, "Mayor Banks failed to control the April 22nd meeting according to Robert's Rules of Order allowing the meeting to degrade into screaming and name calling in a City of Montrose Public Meeting."

The second petition to recall Banks, which was filed on June 3, 2025, reads, "On May 20, 2025 Mayor Thomas Banks voted to terminate the contract of the city manager without cause." A clarity and factual hearing was scheduled for June 17, 2025. The petition was approved for circulation.

The petition to recall Pangle was filed on May 27, 2025, and a clarity and factual hearing was scheduled for June 11, 2025. The petition read, "On May 20, 2025 Todd Pangle voted to terminate the contract of the city manager without cause."

The petition to recall Machuk was filed on May 20, 2025. It read, "Lori Machuk lied on her Affidavit of Identity and owed back taxes at the time she completed and certified the form, depriving the lawful winner of their seat."

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.

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.

See also

• Ballotpedia's Recall Report
• Montrose, Michigan
• Recall campaigns in Michigan
• Political recall efforts, 2025
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