Casco Township v. Secretary of State

Plaintiffs Township of Casco, Township of Columbus, Patricia Iseler, and James Hoik, appeal as of right the trial court’s September 10, 2002, order deny*388ing their request for a writ of mandamus compelling defendant Secretary of State to certify their detachment petition and set an election, or, alternatively, to provide declaratory relief interpreting their right to an election on the detachment petition. We affirm.

This case raises a novel question of statutory interpretation concerning whether a single “detachment election” — i.e., a vote on removing land from a city to make it part of a…