Town board recall, Oshtemo Township, Michigan (2025-2026)
| Town board recall |
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| Officeholders |
Zak Ford Kristin Cole |
| 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 Neil Sikora, Zak Ford, and Kristin Cole is underway in Oshtemo Township, Michigan.[1]
Recall supporters
The Recall Oshtemo website reads as follows:[2]
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Why Are Neighbors Signing Recall Petitions on Oshtemo? Many residents are just now learning about ongoing Township actions — you’re not alone.
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Recall opponents
In a statement read at a meeting of the Kalamazoo County Election Committee on December 4, 2025, Kristin Cole wrote, "While I fully respect the right of residents to file a recall petition, I believe this effort is being driven in large part by misunderstandings and fears surrounding proposed Battery Energy Storage Systems in Oshtemo Township." [4]
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.[5][6][7]
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
- Oshtemo Township, Michigan
- Recall campaigns in Michigan
- Political recall efforts, 2026
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- City council recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ M Live, "Recall petitions filed against 9 Kalamazoo-area township officials," accessed November 25, 2025
- ↑ Recall Oshtemo, "Petition," accessed January 9, 2026
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ M Live, "Recall language approved for 9 Kalamazoo-area officials: What’s next," accessed December 4, 2025
- ↑ 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
