mlive.com: Michigan Supreme Court: Emergency manager law heading to November ballot for possible repeal
Posted on Fri, Aug 3, 2012 : 1:34 p.m.
A split Michigan Supreme Court has ordered that a referendum of the state's controversial emergency manager law should go on the ballot, meaning Public Act 4 will go before voters in November for possible repeal.
Four of seven supreme court justices agreed that the state Board of Canvassers must certify petitions submitted by Stand Up for Democracy, the statewide coalition behind an effort to overturn the emergency manager law, according to a report on MLive.com.
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