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Richfield Township recall, Michigan (2010)
| Richfield Township Officials and Supervisor recall |
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| Officeholders |
Judy Scroggin Tula Alexander Pete Rieli Jerry Campbell |
| Recall status |
Resigned |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2010 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws City official recalls City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall four officials in Richfield Township, Michigan, did not qualify for the ballot. Organizers attempted to recall Richfield Township Clerk Pam Scott, Treasurer Judy Scroggin, and Trustees Tula Alexander and Pete Rieli, but did not meet the recall petition signature requirement.[1]
A separate recall campaign against Richfield Township Supervisor Jerry Campbell ended when Campbell resigned in September 2010.[2]
Recall supporters
The recall petitions centered around a township meeting held in March 2009. The recall petition against Scott alleged that he "threatened to remove the supervisor Jerry Campbell from chairman duties at the special meeting if he did not immediately move to the vote."[3]
The recall petition against Campbell alleged that he "abused his position and power as moderator … by refusing to allow the township meeting to proceed, and interfered with the rights of the township clerk, township treasurer and two township trustees by refusing to allow them to discuss or address items on the agenda and stopping the business of the township from going forth.”[3]
Path to the ballot
Organizers submitted petitions to recall the four officials on November 5, 2009.[4] For a recall election to have been scheduled, 429 signatures were required for each official. An election wasn't scheduled after organizers failed to submit the required number of signatures by the deadline.[5]
In a separate campaign to recall Jerry Campbell, organizers did meet the recall petition signature requirement, according to an initial determination by the county clerk's office.[5] However, Clerk Ann Bonk later rejected the petitions on the grounds that they were printed on paper of the incorrect size according to state election rules.[6] Campbell resigned in September 2010 before a recall election could be held.[2]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Houghton Lake Resorter, "Campbell petitions have enough signers; others miss the mark," December 3, 2009
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Houghton Lake Resorter, "Campbell resigns in Richfield, Van Wormer appointed," September 23, 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Houghton Lake Resorter, "Richfield recall petitions submitted," November 12, 2009
- ↑ The Houghton Lake Resorter, "Richfield recall petitions submitted," November 12, 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedfailed - ↑ The Houghton Lake Resorter, "Judge dismisses Campbell lawsuit," April 8, 2010
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