Republican resigns from the (MI) Board of State Canvassers, gives Democrats the majority

Source: Detroit News

June 22, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Republican resigns from the Board of State Canvassers, gives Democrats the majority
By Karen Bouffard
Detroit News Lansing Bureau


Lansing— Republican Jeffrey Timmer has resigned from the Board of State Canvassers, giving Democrats the majority on the four-member board.

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Board members, two Republicans and two Democrats, serve four-year terms. They are appointed by the governor. Among the board's duties are certifying statewide elections, conducting election recounts and approving petitions for candidates and ballot proposals.

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Timmer, one of two Republicans on the board, was involved in a heated meeting in April where the Board of State Canvassers denied an effort by supporters of a proposal to repeal Public Act 4, the emergency manager law, to put the question on the November general election ballot.

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The group Stand Up for Democracy gathered 203,238 signatures, roughly 40,000 more than needed to get a repeal question on the ballot. But the petitions were challenged by Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, which said the type size in the petition headline was too small. Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility shares an address with the Sterling Corporation consulting group in Lansing. Timmer, a former Michigan Republican Party executive director, is a partner in Sterling.




Read more: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120622/POLITICS02/206220458#ixzz1yaITzCYO

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The printers' fonts in Michigan are all the right height.