For most of this year, the Michigan Republican Party has been split into two factions, with each one claiming to be the legitimate state party. On February 27, a state circuit court enjoined one of the persons who claims to be state chair from representing herself that way, until the trial, which begins on June 10. Pego v Karamo, 17th circuit court, 24-658-AZ.
The fact that a Michigan state court is adjudicating an internal party split will create a precedent that courts can handle these disputes. In the past, when qualified minor parties in Michigan have had similar internal disputes, the Secretary of State and the state courts have refused to adjudicate them. That means that neither faction can place nominees on the ballot. In Michigan, small qualified parties nominate by convention, not primary.
For instance, the American Independent Party had an internal dispute in1976, and the Secretary of State refused to put either set of nominees on the ballot. The same thing happened to the Reform Party in 2000. Michigan was the only state in the nation that kept Pat Buchanan off its general election ballot. One faction of the Reform Party said Buchanan was its nominee; the other faction said it was John Hagelin. So the Secretary of State refused to adjudicate the dispute and kept both off the ballot. In the future, the Pego precedent should prevent such an outcome for qualified minor parties.
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So in this case since keeping both sides of the Michigan Republican Party off the ballot was likely a non-starter, they were forced yo adjudicate.
I think you overestimate the chances this will be precedent for future. The Libertarian Party of Michigan has a similar split going on.
Yeah, it’s probably only really going to be a precedent for the big two.
Michigan should let clubs, gangs, clans, etc. support placing individual candidates on the ballot.
Michigan should allow parties to reveal who their officeholders will be if they win (or not), but only have a choice of parties at election, no candidates for particular offices.
Interesting fact. The same player who led the coup against the Reform Party of Michigan in 2000, was key in the removal of our duly elected Chair of the Republican Party in 2024. This is not Mark Forton’s first rodeo at being a Trojan Horse. It appears he infiltrated the Michigan Republican Party to assist in the Coup, take two. He faked being a Kristina Karamo supporter. People in his County kept saying, “We are so disappointed in Mark. He has changed. He promised to give the Lincoln Dinner money to MIGOP and now he is not…..” Now we know!
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit.
No. 04-72830—Bernard A. Friedman, Chief District Judge.
Nadar v Land EXCERPT “Prior to this confusion, Perry Spence was unquestionably the Reform Party of Michigan’s
chairperson until July 14, 2000, at which point he resigned. McKelvey was the vice-chairperson at
this time and was selected chairperson on July 28, 2000, at a board meeting. However, on August 5,
2000, Forton arranged a meeting where those present purported to recall four individuals from the
executive board of the Reform Party of Michigan and then fill those vacancies. The “new” members
of the board then elected Forton as chairperson and DeNise as secretary.” This was a VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT COUP!