Ebbers v. Secretary of State

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Ebbers v. Secretary of State is a first amendment lawsuit in Michigan filed by Brian Ebbers, Jeff Steinport, and Karen Neal. It challenges the constitutionality of the residency requirements in Michigan's laws governing local recall, and asks for a preliminary injunction to be granted to hold the law in abeyance.^[1] In late February 2008, Kent County Circuit Court Judge Robert Redford rejected the claims of the plaintiffs. Judge Redford's ruling has been appealed to the Michigan State Court of Appeals, which will hear it on June 11, 2008.^[2]

The other three cases pending on the subject of the residency of circulators are Nader v. Brewer (pending in the 9th circuit), Moore v. Brunner (pending in US District Court in Ohio), and Yes on Term Limits v. Savage (pending in the 10th circuit).

The office-holder who is the subject of the intended recall effort is state assemblyman Robert Dean. At issue is whether someone who lives outside of Dean's local assembly district is constitutionally allowed to enter Mr. Dean's district and ask people to sign Dean recall petitions.

See also

• Robert Dean recall (2008)
• Residency requirements for petition circulators
• Andy Dillon recall (2008)
• Jeff Denham recall (2008)

External links

• Dean recall group challenges state petition law
• Text of the lawsuit