Town board recall, Comstock Township, Michigan (2025-2026)
| Township board recall |
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| Officeholders |
Terry McIver Bob Pratt Jerry Amos |
| Recall status |
| Signature requirement |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2025 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws City council recalls Recall reports |
An effort to recall Trustees Kristie Cherry, Terry McIver, Bob Pratt, and Jerry Amos is underway in Comstock Township, Michigan.[1]
Recall supporters
On November 20, 2025, three separate petitions submitted by recall organizer William Knight cited Pratt, McIver, and Cherry's votes to end the moratorium on large-scale renewable energy projects in Comstock Township as the reason for the recall.[2]
Organizer Joshua Engberts submitted a recall petition on December 1, 2025, citing Amos' votes against adopting the Board's attorney use policy and funding weather warning sirens, and his refusal to support a formal censure of the Comstock Township treasurer as reasons for the recall.[3]
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.[4][5][6]
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 2025 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
- Comstock Township, Michigan
- Recall campaigns in Michigan
- Political recall efforts, 2026
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- City council recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ M Live, "3 more Kalamazoo-area leaders could face recall," accessed December 3, 2025
- ↑ Kalamazoo County Government, "Kalamazoo County Board of Election Commissioners December 4, 2025 Meeting Agenda Packet," accessed January 9, 2026
- ↑ Kalamazoo County Government, "Kalamazoo County Board of Election Commissioners December 11, 2025 Meeting Agenda Packet," accessed January 9, 2026
- ↑ 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
