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Romayne Hollis-Raines recall, Yates Township, Michigan (2022)
| Romayne Hollis-Raines recall |
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| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| May 3, 2022 |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2022 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
Voters in Yates Township, Michigan, approved a recall against Clerk Romayne Hollis-Raines on May 3, 2022.[1] They elected Barbara McGregory by a margin of 63.1% to 36.9%.[2]
Recall vote
General election
Special general election for Yates Township Clerk
Barbara McGregory defeated incumbent Romayne Hollis-Raines in the special general election for Yates Township Clerk on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Barbara McGregory (Nonpartisan) | 63.1 | 128 | |
| Romayne Hollis-Raines (Nonpartisan) | 36.9 | 75 | ||
| Total votes: 203 | |||
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Recall supporters
The text of the recall petition appears below:[1]
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Has not maintained township financial records according to state standards as evident by the June 2021 statutorily required auditor’s report and auditor’s subsequent email to clerk in September 2021. Has not since Dec. 2020, provided other township officials with the materials they need to perform their jobs, this includes not providing board packets on time to board members as required by the township board and administrative policies manual section 2.18 and also not providing requested documents to the planning commission and the ZBA. Has regularly dispersed township funds since Dec. 2020 without prior board approval.[3] |
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Recall opponents
Hollis-Raines commented on the recall to The Lake County Star, saying, "The information in the recall petition in my opinion is false. There is no proof of any accusations."[1]
She added, "Things are very contentious, and that is a very sad thing. What we have been doing here is the way it's been done in the past. If something is pointed out, it is investigated and fixed. If something is pointed out in audits, it gets fixed."[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan
To force a recall election to be scheduled, organizers needed to collect signatures from at least 25% of township voters from the previous gubernatorial election.
The recall election was scheduled for May 3, 2022.[1]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Lake County Star, "ELECTIONS 2022:Yates Township clerk recall, school proposals on May 3 ballot," April 28, 2022
- ↑ Election Reporting State of Michigan, "May 2022 Election, Lake County," May 4, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
