Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
August 28, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
145753 Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
Mary Beth Kelly
MICHIGAN ALLIANCE FOR Brian K. Zahra,
PROSPERITY, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v SC: 145753
COA: 312083
BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS,
DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS, and
SECRETARY OF STATE,
Defendants-Appellees.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal prior to decision by the
Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(H)(1), in lieu of granting
leave to appeal, we DIRECT the Clerk to schedule oral argument on August 30, 2012, at
2:00 p.m., on whether to grant the application 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