Tagged: emergency manager law. public act 4

Politics & Government
9:58 pm
Thu June 28, 2012

Emergency manager law opponents: Referendum question needs to go on the ballot--now

Credit Sarah Cwiek / Michigan Radio
Protesters at state government offices in Detroit Thursday.

Organizers behind the bid to get Michigan’s emergency manager law on the November ballot say they’re getting tired of waiting for the courts to act.

So they’re taking their case directly to the streets—and judges.

After a complicated legal battle, the Michigan Court of Appeals effectively ruled earlier this month that a referendum on Public Act 4 must go on the November ballot.

Last week, referendum proponents filed a motion with the court, asking them to order the state Board of Canvassers to do just that.

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