Special Meeting of the Electors

MCL 41.25: A special township meeting of the electors shall also be held for the purpose of transacting any other lawful business, if ordered by the township board.

The township board may order such a meeting on its own initiative and shall order a meeting if they receive a request in writing, signed by any 12 electors of the township or 1% of the registered electors in the township, whichever is greater, specifying the purposes for which the meeting is to be held.

The manner of proceeding at a special meeting of the electors shall be the same as at the annual meeting of the electors.

MCL 41.26: An order for a special township meeting of the electors pursuant to MCL 41.25 shall specify the purpose for which it is to be held, and the time and the place where it shall be held. If any vacancies in office are to be filled at the special meeting, the order shall state in what offices vacancies exist, how they occurred, and who were the last incumbents.

An order for a special township meeting of the electors shall be part of the minutes of the township board proceedings.

MCL 41.27: The time appointed for holding a special township meeting of the electors shall be not more than 20 nor less than 15 days from the time the township board orders the holding of a special township meeting of the electors.

MCL 41.28: The township clerk, within 2 days after receiving an order for a special township meeting of the electors, shall cause copies post copies of the order in 3 of the most public places in the township, and if there is a newspaper printed in the township, he or she shall also publish a copy of the order in that newspaper, if practicable, at least 5 days before the day appointed for the special township meeting of the electors.

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