Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.955 (2026)

Recall petition; number of signatures; certification.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW

Act 116 of 1954

168.955 Recall petition; number of signatures; certification.

Sec. 955.

The petitions shall be signed by registered and qualified electors equal to not less than 25% of the number of votes cast for candidates for the office of governor at the last preceding general election in the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled. Upon written demand, the county clerk, within 5 days, shall certify the minimum number of signatures required for the recall of an officer in the governmental unit in which recall is sought.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 188, Eff. July 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 533, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978

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Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1960–2023 · leading case: Smeets v. Genesee Cnty. Clerk, 484 N.W.2d 770 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992).

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Smeets v. Genesee Cnty. Clerk, 484 N.W.2d 770 (Mich. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 11× “MCL 168.955; MSA 6.1955 1 dictates the number of valid signatures that must be obtained in order to invoke a recall election: The petitions shall be signed by registered and qualified electors equal to not less than 25% of the number of votes cast for candidates for the office…”

People v. Pinkney, 891 N.W.2d 891 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “See MCL 168.955. On January 8, 2014, defendant returned to the Berrien County Clerk’s Office with a stack of signed recall petitions, but Toliver was unable to accept the recall petitions from anyone but the sponsor, i.”

Consumers Power Co. v. Attorney Gen., 392 N.W.2d 513 (Mich. 1986). · cites it 3× “In response to the constitutional directive, the Legislature enacted 1969 PA 189 , MCL 168.955; MSA 6.1955 which provided: The petitions shall be signed by registered and qualified electors equal to at least 25% of the number of votes cast for candidates for the office of…”

Wallace v. Tripp, 101 N.W.2d 312 (Mich. 1960). · cites it 2× “Petitions containing the necessary statutory number of signatures, namely, "25% of the number of votes cast for candidates for the office of governor at the last preceding general election in the electoral district of the official sought to be recalled" (CLS 1956, § 168.955…”

Noel v. Oakland Cnty. Clerk, 284 N.W.2d 761 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). “3 MCL 168.955; MSA 6.1955 requires that the petitions must be signed by registered and qualified voters equal to not less than 25 percent of the number of votes cast for governor at the last general election in the district of the officer sought to be removed.”

Recall Blanchard Comm. v. Sec'y of State, 380 N.W.2d 71 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “Const 1963, art 2, § 8; MCL 168.955; MSA *123 6.1955. Here, the minimum number of signatures required has been acknowledged by the Committee to be 760,002.”

Anchor Bay Concerned Citizens v. Anchor Bay Bd. of Educ., 223 N.W.2d 3 (Mich. Ct. App. 1974). · cites it 2× “1956 violates art II, § 8 of the Michigan Constitution and that, therefore, MCLA 168.955; 6.1955 must apply: "The petitions shall be signed by registered and qualified electors equal to at least 25% of the number of votes cast for candidates for the office of governor at the…”

Richard McCoy v. Berrien Cnty. Clerk (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “2 According to MCL 168.955, “[t]he petitions shall be signed by registered and qualified electors equal to not less than 25% of the number of votes cast for candidates for the office of governor at the last preceding general election in the electoral district of the officer…”

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