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Recall Dillon UpdateBy leondrolet, Section News
The Secretary of State (SOS) has released their final report as to the sufficiency of the signatures gathered to petition for a recall of Michigan House Speaker Andy Dillon. The report finds that 10,408 registered voters in Andy Dillon's district signed the petition - more than the 8,724 signatures required. However, the SOS has disqualified 2,053 of those otherwise-valid signatures because the petition circulator (not the signers) were not registered to vote in the district.
Tomorrow morning, we will be filing a legal request in Ingham County Circuit Court asking that the Court require all 10,408 registered voters signatures be counted and that the question of Dillon's recall be placed on the August 5th ballot. The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled on January 12, 1999 (in the case `Buckley v. American Constitutional Law Foundation') that states cannot require a citizen to be a registered voter in order for them to have their other political rights recognized. In other words - all 10,408 registered voters who signed the petition should be counted regardless of whether the circulator was registered in the district or not. We will need to move quickly. I believe that we will win this case, but we need to have the court move very quickly in order to get the ruling before the absentee ballots for the August 5th primary election are printed. Thanks for all who have helped. Keep your fingers crossed, say a prayer, and hope the Court delivers a swift response.
Leon Drolet
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