Court of Appeals denies appeal in Inman recall effort

The state Court of Appeals has denied an appeal request from a Traverse City-area group trying to recall state Rep. Larry Inman (R-Williamsburg), who last week was granted a mistrial on corruption charges and found not guilty of lying to the FBI.

The group had submitted the necessary signatures for the recall effort, but their petition contained typos leading the Secretary of State to invalidate the signatures. The group filed its appeal in early December. 

The three judge panel ruled 2-1 against the appeals request on Friday. 

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In the order, the judges wrote that “the reasons for recall stated on the printed ballots are different from the reasons approved by the Board of State Canvassers, so defendants [the Secretary of State] did not err by not counting the signatures on those ballots.” 

The recallers have argued that the typos on the ballots did nothing to change the substance of the petition and amounted to “human error.” 

A message left seeking comment from an attorney for the recall effort was not immediately returned on Friday afternoon.