Spelling Counts: Petition To Recall Governor Snyder Moves Forward

A petition seeking the recall of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has been approved and circulators can now begin gathering signatures. And it has nothing to do with Flint or its water crisis, and everything to do with spelling.

It turns out there were ten, count 'em TEN petitions circulating to recall Govenor Rick Snyder. The first one was submitted by a school board of education member in Warren over the issue of schools in that district near Detroit. That one was approved to move to the next stage.

Other petitions were also submitted, most of them dealing with the water contamination crisis in Flint, but they were rejected.

The approved petition seeks to remove Governor Snyder from office because of a decision he made last year to take control of schools with the created State School Reform/Redesign Office. Now that they have the green light, organizers have 60 days to gather nearly 790-thousand signatures of registered voters to recall the governor.

The board has considered about a dozen such attempts to recall Governor Snyder since last November, but has rejected each attempt. Yesterday the board rejected nine of ten petitions for reasons ranging from misspellings to the misstatement of a law's title.

Yes, spelling does count. Remember that, kids.