LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Although they now need to collect over one million signatures to get it on the ballot, the Michigan Board of State Canvassers unanimously approved Monday the language and form of an Albion man’s petition to recall Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Chad Baase’s petition calls for Whitmer’s recall based on nine of 112 executive orders she has issued in the response to the coronavirus.
The orders listed in the petition include those limiting non-essential dental and medical procedures; prohibiting non-essential travel and activities unless necessary to sustain life, also called the stay-at-home order; stopping veterinary services; and expanding COVID-19 emergency and disaster declarations.
Baase said Monday he wanted to recall Whitmer because of the toll her executive orders took on businesses even as the unemployment system was plagued with delays in addressing unemployment claims.
A separate recall petition against Whitmer and a petition to recall Attorney General Dana Nessel were denied at Monday’s meeting.
Baase now has to collect 1,062,647 valid signatures in a 60-day window over the next 180 days for the petition to qualify for the statewide ballot. He says he plans to begin July 1.
