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PROTECTING MI TAX. v. STATE CANVASSERS

No. 343566.

919 N.W.2d 677 (2018)

324 Mich.App. 240

PROTECTING MICHIGAN TAXPAYERS, Jeffrey Wiggins, Tony Daunt, and Jeffrey Razet Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS, Director of Elections, and Secretary of State, Defendants, and Protect Michigan Jobs, Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 11, 2018, at 9:00 a.m.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dykema Gossett, PLLC (by Gary P. Gordon and Jason T. Hanselman ) and Doster Law Offices, PLLC (by Eric E. Doster ) for plaintiffs.

Denise C. Barton , Assistant Attorney General, for defendants.

Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (by John D. Pirich and Andrea L. Hansen ) for intervening defendant.

Before: Gleicher, P.J., and O'Connell and Tukel, JJ.

The issue presented is whether the Board of State Canvassers has a clear legal duty to certify an initiative petition despite that some of the petition circulators may have claimed fraudulent residential addresses. The statutory sanctions for any such irregularities do not include disqualifying elector signatures. We grant the plaintiffs...

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