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Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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Docket Nos. 145748, 145753, 145754, and 145755. September 5, 2012.

Chief Justice:

Justices:

Robert P. Young, Jr. Michael F. Cavanagh Marilyn Kelly Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra
Reporter of Decisions:

This syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.

John O. Juroszek

PROTECT OUR JOBS v BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS MICHIGAN ALLIANCE FOR PROSPERITY v BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS CITIZENS FOR MORE MICHIGAN JOBS v SECRETARY OF STATE THE PEOPLE SHOULD DECIDE v BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS Argued August 30, 2012. Decided

Protect Our Jobs, a ballot question committee, brought an action in the Court of Appeals, seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Board of State Canvassers and the Director of Elections to place on the November 2012 general election ballot its proposal for amendments of the Constitution that provide for and protect various collective-bargaining rights. The board had approved the form of the petition and the director had found that there were sufficient valid signatures to qualify the petition, but the board deadlocked on whether the petition should be placed on the ballot, with two members voting to do so and two voting against. Under MCL 168.22d(2), the proposal therefore did not qualify for placement on the ballot. In an unpublished order entered August 16, 2012 (Docket No. 311828), the Court of Appeals granted a motion to intervene filed by Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution (CPMC), another ballot question committee. The Court of Appeals, OWENS, P.J., and RONAYNE KRAUSE, J. (O'CONNELL, J., dissenting), granted mandamus in an unpublished opinion per curiam issued August 27, 2012 (Docket No. 311828), and ordered the board and director to take the necessary steps to place the proposal on the ballot. The Supreme Court ordered and heard oral argument on whether to grant CPMC's application for leave to appeal or take other peremptory action, directing the parties to address whether the requirements of Const 1963, art 12,

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