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The MTA's mission is to help township officials govern more effectively and provide improved services to the 4 million plus Michigan township residents. The association provides classes, educational conferences, and publications to aid their members' understanding of statutory duties.
A general law township is governed by a board of trustees composed of a township supervisor, clerk, treasurer and either 2 or 4 trustees. [15] In this form of government which combines executive and legislative functions, the township supervisor is the presiding and chief executive officer of the township board and is simply " first among ...
Tom Schierkolk and David LaMere, the clerk and deputy clerk in Rock River Township, were ordered by Michigan Bureau of Elections Director Jonathan Brater to refrain from administering the vote ...
A charter township is a form of local government in the U.S. state of Michigan.While all townships in Michigan are organized governments, a charter township has been granted a charter, which allows it certain rights and responsibilities of home rule that are generally intermediate between those of a city (a semi-autonomous jurisdiction in Michigan) and a village.
On Thursday, the Michigan Bureau of Elections notified Stan Grot, a Republican who has served as the Shelby Township clerk since 2012, that he will be prohibited from administering elections while ...
By one estimate, about 10% of Michigan's 1,200 townships could be without a clerk in January. The positions run local elections and much more. Township clerks run elections for half of Michigan ...
The 1835 Constitution on display at the Michigan Historical Center on Statehood Day in 2013. On January 26, 1835, Acting Territorial Treaty and Military Officer/ Marshal of the Union Assigned to the Territory of the 1662-1776 State of the Union Stevens T. Mason issued an enabling act authorizing the people of Michigan to form a constitution and state government.
Tony Weatherly, senior elections coordinator at the West Bloomfield Township cleark's office, explains how elections work at the municipal level.