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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPetition drive to recall Michigan Governor Rick Snyder starts tomorrow
If you live in Michigan and wish to help recall Governor Rick Snyder, go to FireRickSnyder.org and sign up to volunteer.
Tomorrow at 1pm local time in Lansing, The Committee to Recall Rick Snyder (FireRickSnyder.org) is officially launching a petition drive to recall Michigan's new Republican Governor. In order to put the recall on the November ballot, they need to submit 807,000 valid signatures before August 5.
The process for recall elections in Michigan is different from other states. If the recall is successfully placed on the November ballot, voters will choose between recalling or not recalling Rick Snyder. If the voters side with recall, then "a special election is conducted on the next regular election date to fill the office vacancy." This would most likely mean the 2012 Michigan primary.
The petition effort is undeniably a longshot, as it lacks any official supportand thus any significant resourcesfrom either the Michigan Democratic Party or local labor unions. Compared to the well-heeled efforts we have seen in Wisconsin and Ohio, the Committee to Recall Rick Snyder is an all-volunteer organization with barely enough money to print petitions.
More:http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/594068/petition_drive_to_recall_michigan_governor_rick_snyder_starts_tomorrow
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)noamnety
(20,234 posts)"This would most likely mean the 2012 Michigan primary."
Could we really go back in time and undo this mess?
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)Time to activate yourself.