Mich. Comp. Laws § Article II § 8
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Recalls.
Official statutory text
Sec. 8.
Laws shall be enacted to provide for the recall of all elective officers except judges of courts of record upon petition of electors equal in number to 25 percent of the number of persons voting in the last preceding election for the office of governor in the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled. The sufficiency of any statement of reasons or grounds procedurally required shall be a political rather than a judicial question.
History: Const. 1963, Art. II, § 8, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Laws shall be enacted to provide for the recall of all elective officers except judges of courts of record upon petition of electors equal in number to 25 percent of the number of persons voting in the last preceding election for the office of governor in the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled. The sufficiency of any statement of reasons or grounds procedurally required shall be a political rather than a judicial question.
History: Const. 1963, Art. II, § 8, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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