petition drives

The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected an effort to place a referendum on a local ballot to block a solar panel farm in the western Upper Peninsula. The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel was released Friday.

A petition campaign seeking to eliminate property taxes in Michigan was dealt a setback Monday by a state elections board.

It’s looking like a ballot question to limit service fees on payday loans did not qualify to go before Michigan voters this November.

Michigan medical clinics that provide reproductive services see a sharp uptick in out-of-state patients following the reversal of Roe v Wade. Muskegon Lake is glowing up. Lawn trimming goats work up north. The number of ballot signatures gathered does not necessarily correlate to voter approval. And a conversation with GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon.

A ballot campaign has filed a legal challenge to a decision by state elections officials to throw out petition signatures. The suit was filed by a campaign to put a cap on payday loan interest rates in Michigan.

Activists say the information gleaned from abortion- and voting-rights petition-gathering efforts can be a treasure trove used to create new voter networks.

The coalition behind a ballot question aimed at growing voter access in Michigan says it’s confident it will appear on the November ballot.

Time is running out for the several campaigns in the field to come up with 340,047 valid signatures.

A coalition working to replace Michigan’s term limits law is asking for help from the Legislature.

A petition drive wants to put a question on the November ballot to enshrine new voting rights in the state constitution.