Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
August 28, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
145755 Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
Mary Beth Kelly
THE PEOPLE SHOULD DECIDE, Brian K. Zahra,
Plaintiff-Appellant, Justices
v SC: 145755
BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS,
DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS, and
SECRETARY OF STATE,
Defendants-Appellees.
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On order of the Court, the complaint for mandamus is considered and, pursuant to
MCR 7.302(H)(1), in lieu of granting relief on the complaint, we DIRECT the Clerk to
schedule oral argument on August 30, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., on whether to grant relief or
take other peremptory action. At oral argument the parties shall include among the issues
addressed whether the republication requirement of Const 1963, art 12, § 2 and MCL
168.482(3), requiring that petitions set forth any other existing provisions of the
constitution that would be altered or abrogated by the proposed amendment, has been
satisfied.
I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
August 28, 2012 _________________________________________
t0828 Clerk