Update 4:45 p.m.
Opponents of the effort to call a referendum on Michigan's emergency manager law plan to file a challenge today to the petitions turned in last month.
The group Michigan Forward turned in almost 237,000 petition signatures to state elections officials last month. The group wants to get a question on the November ballot asking voters to overturn the state’s local emergency manager law.
Michigan Forward opted not to get its petition pre-approved by state elections officials.
And now opponents of the referendum drive say they've found what they're calling a "fatal error" on the petitions.
The group Citizens for Fiscal Responsibilitysays the petition itself is printed in the wrong type size, which is contrary to state law.
The group will ask a bipartisan state elections panel to throw out all the petitions at a hearing expected to be held later this month.
The campaign to reverse the emergency manager law did not have an immediate response.
3:44 p.m.
Opponents of the effort to call a referendum on Michigan's emergency manager law will file a challenge to the petition this afternoon. The group Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility says the petition itself is printed in the wrong type size, which is contrary to state law. The group will ask a bipartisan state elections panel to throw out all the petitions. The campaign to reverse the emergency manager law did not have an immediate response.
