Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
August 28, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
145754 & (4) Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
Stephen J. Markman
Diane M. Hathaway
Mary Beth Kelly
CITIZENS FOR MORE MICHIGAN JOBS and Brian K. Zahra,
ROBERT J. CANNON, Justices
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v SC: 145754
COA: 312085
SECRETARY OF STATE, BOARD OF STATE
CANVASSERS, and DIRECTOR OF
ELECTIONS,
Defendants-Appellees.
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On order of the Court, the motion for immediate consideration is GRANTED.
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