CITIZENS PROTECTING v. SECRETARY OF STATE

No. 343517.

922 N.W.2d 404 (2018)

324 Mich. App. 561

CITIZENS PROTECTING MICHIGAN'S CONSTITUTION, Joseph Spyke, and Jeanne Daunt, Plaintiffs, v. SECRETARY OF STATE and Michigan Board of State Canvassers, Defendants/Cross-Defendants, and Voters Not Politicians Ballot Committee, doing business as Voters Not Politicians; Count MI Vote, doing business as Voters Not Politicians; Kathryn A. Fahey; William R. Bobier; and Davia C. Downey; Intervening Defendants/Cross-Plaintiffs.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided June 7, 2018, at 9:15 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickinson Wright PLLC (by Peter H. Ellsworth , Robert P. Young , and Ryan M. Shannon ) and Doster Law Offices PLLC (by Eric E. Doster ) for plaintiffs.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, B. Eric Restuccia , Chief Legal Counsel, and Heather S. Meingast and Denise C. Barton , Assistant Attorneys General, for defendants.

Fraser Trebilcok Davis & Dunlap, PC (by Peter D. Houk , Graham K. Crabtree , and Jonathan E. Raven ) and Lancaster Associates PLC (by James R. Lancaster ) for intervening defendants.

Before: Cavanagh, P.J., and K.F. Kelly and Fort Hood, JJ.


Plaintiffs Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution (CPMC), Joseph Spyke, and Jeanne Daunt seek a writ of mandamus that orders defendants Secretary of State (the Secretary) and the Board of State Canvassers (the Board) to reject an initiative petition filed by Voters Not Politicians (VNP) concerning the formation of an independent citizens...

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