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The Detroit City Clerk said as of Wednesday, her office had not received the final charter document. Commissioners plan to take the matter to court if the question is left off the August ballot.
The Detroit Charter Revision Commission missed its deadline to submit the final version of the document it had spent the last three years drafting in time for the August primary, according to City Clerk Janice Winfrey. The announcement comes as the city’s election commission prepares to approve the municipal primary ballot on Thursday.
According to a letter authored by Winfrey, the Detroit Charter Revision Commission successfully submitted a ballot question proposing the new charter on May 6.
Deadline Detroit | Governor rejects Detroit charter revision plan, citing state law violations deadlinedetroit.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from deadlinedetroit.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday declined to approve the proposed updated Detroit City Charter submitted by the city's revision commission. In a Friday letter to revision commission chair Carol Weaver obtained by Crain's, Whitmer cited "substantial and extensive legal deficiencies" from a review by…