A wave of recall efforts is rolling through the state Capitol. There are about half a dozen recall campaigns under way, and all of them target Republicans.
Recall campaign organizers have a difficult, but not impossible, task ahead of them to get the recalls on the ballot.
The last time a swath of recall campaigns swept over a political party in control of the House, Senate and executive office was in 1983.
He says the last time a group of recall campaigns swept over a single political party in Michigan was in 1983.
Bill Ballenger is the editor of the Inside Michigan Politics newsletter. He says the last time a group of recall campaigns swept over a single political party in Michigan was in 1983.
"There were a whole bunch of recalls mounted that year, upwards of maybe a dozen, against Democratic legislators over the hike in the state income tax in 1983. Of all those recall efforts, two actually made it to the ballot."
Ballenger says talk of tax hikes got people motivated in 1983, but that’s not the case this time around.
“In fact it’s just the opposite,” said Ballenger.
He says most of the complaints levied against lawmakers and Governor Rick Snyder are about cuts to funding and programs, and an expansion of the control of emergency managers.
One of the more publicized recall efforts is against state Representative Al Pscholka, who sponsored the emergency manager legislation.
There are also recall efforts against Governor Snyder and state Senator Mike Nofs, Ballenger says Senator Nofs could face the biggest test among the current recall campaigns because he is in a swing district.
