Michigan: Alma commissioner recall effort fails

The recall effort against Alma Vice Mayor Roxann Herrington and Commissioners Nick Piccolo and Audra Stahl failed, with petitioners not handing in the 745 signatures by December 31. It took numerous recall petitions before approval as a judge overturned an Election Commission ruling that the language was not factually accurate (and the Election Commission rejected another). The recall was over a vote that will allow a former nursing home to be converted into a temporary shelter for young male refugees.