Board of trustees recall, Speaker Township, Michigan (2023)

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Speaker Township Board of Trustees recall
Officeholders
Dawn Cubitt Tracy Sheldon Thomas Murray Charles Stanley
Recall status
Recall approved
Recall election date
November 7, 2023
Signature requirement
25% of township voters from the previous gubernatorial election
See also
Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2023 Recalls in Michigan Michigan recall laws City council recalls City official recalls Recall reports

An election to recall Township Clerk Dawn Cubitt, Treasurer Tracy Sheldon, and Trustees Thomas Murray and Charles Stanley was scheduled for November 7, 2023, in Speaker Township, Michigan. Voters recalled Cubitt, Sheldon, Murray, and Stanley.

Ballotpedia covered recall elections against 35 officials on November 7, 2023. Click here to read more about the other recall elections on the ballot.

Recall vote

Cubitt recall

General election

Special general election for Speaker Township Clerk

Michelle Brown defeated incumbent Dawn Cubitt in the special general election for Speaker Township Clerk on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Brown (Independent)	57.7	250
		Dawn Cubitt (D)	42.3	183

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 433
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Sheldon recall

General election

Special general election for Speaker Township Treasurer

Rochelle Stevens defeated incumbent Tracy Sheldon in the special general election for Speaker Township Treasurer on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rochelle Stevens (Independent)	55.2	239
		Tracy Sheldon (R)	44.8	194

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 433
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Murray recall

General election

Special general election for Speaker Township Board of Trustees At-large

Fred Moss defeated incumbent Thomas Murray in the special general election for Speaker Township Board of Trustees At-large on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Fred Moss (Independent)	59.0	255
		Thomas Murray (R)	41.0	177

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 432
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Stanley recall

General election

Special general election for Speaker Township Board of Trustees At-large

Jeremie Risdon defeated incumbent Charles Stanley in the special general election for Speaker Township Board of Trustees At-large on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeremie Risdon (Independent)	58.9	256
		Charles Stanley (R)	41.1	179

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 435
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Recall supporters

Speaker Township resident Carolyn Fairman submitted the petitions to recall Cubitt, Sheldon, Murray, and Stanley.

The text of the petition to recall Cubitt read “On August 3, 2021, at a regular meeting of the Speaker Township Board, Speaker Township Clerk, Dawn M. Cubitt, voted in favor to approve the Speaker Township Zoning Ordinance Amendment Wind Energy Overlay District 2021-01, removing the existing wind turbine hub height limit.”

The text of the petition to recall Sheldon read, “On September 7, 2021 at a regular meeting of the Speaker Township Board, Speaker Township Treasurer, Tracy Sheldon, voted in favor to appoint William J. Maitland, to the then vacant Speaker Township Supervisor position until the next general election in 2022. On September 14, 2022, Tracy Sheldon signed a ‘Memorandum of Land Lease and Wind Easement’ with Algonqin Power, (MI Energy Developments) LLC.”

The text of the petition to recall Murray read, “On March 1, 2022, at a regular meeting of the Speaker Township Board, Speaker Township Trustee, Thomas Murray, made a motion to approve an agreement for Speaker Township to engage the services of Townley Engineering, LLC to “be in charge of the windmill project” proposed by Algonquin Power (MI Energy Developments) LLC, after he had previously signed two (2) “Memorandum of Land Lease and Wind Easement” with Algonquin Power (MI Energy Developments) LLC, on October 27, 2020.”

The text of the petition to recall Stanley read, “On August 3, 2021, at a regular meeting of the Speaker Township Board, Speaker Township Trustee, Charles Stanley, voted in favor to approve the Speaker Township Zoning Ordinance Amendment Wind Energy Overlay District 2021-01, removing the existing wind turbine hub height limit.”

Recall opponents

In a statement to the Sanilac County Election Commission during the clarity and factual hearing for the petitions, Cubitt said, "On August 3, 2021, at a regular Speaker Township board meeting, I voted yes on the wind overlay ordinance amendment based on a recommendation from the Speaker Township Planning Commission to be in compliance with the Michigan Tall Structures Act, act 259 of 1959, and of FFA standards. Thank you."

Sheldon, Murray, and Stanley declined to comment during the hearing.

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan

Michigan requires a clarity and factual hearing in order to approve a recall petition for circulation. The Sanilac County Election Commission approved the language of all four petitions for circulation. Organizers needed to collect signatures equal to 25% of the number of township voters from the preceding gubernatorial election in order to trigger a recall election.

See also

• Recall campaigns in Michigan
• Political recall efforts, 2023
• City council recalls
• City official recalls

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