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STAND UP v. SECRETARY OF STATE

Docket No. 145387.

822 N.W.2d 159 (2012)

492 Mich. 588

STAND UP for Democracy v. SECRETARY OF STATE.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 3, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Sanders Law Firm, P.C., Detroit (by Herbert A. Sanders ), Goodman & Hurwitz PC, Detroit (by William H. Goodman and Julie Hurwitz ), Melvin Butch Hollowell, Esq, PC (by Melvin Butch Hollowell, Jr. ), and John C. Philo for Stand Up For Democracy.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia , Deputy Solicitor General, and Heather S. Meingast and Denise C. Barton , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Secretary of State and the Board of State Canvassers.

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Ann Arbor (by John D. Pirich and Andrea L. Hansen ) for Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, John J. Bursch , Solicitor General, Richard A. Bandstra , Chief Legal Counsel, and Laura L. Moody and Mark G. Sands , Assistant Attorneys General, for the Governor and the Attorney General.

Mark P. Fancher , Michael J. Steinberg , and Kary L. Moss , Detroit, for the American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan.

Jocelyn Benson for the Michigan Center for Election Law.

MARY BETH KELLY, J.

This case requires that we determine whether to grant a writ of mandamus in favor of plaintiff, Stand Up For Democracy, to compel the Board of State Canvassers to certify plaintiff's referendum petition for inclusion on the November 2012 ballot. Intervening defendant, Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, challenged the certification of plaintiff's referendum petition, alleging that it failed to comply with the type-size requirement of MCL 168.482...

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