Anchor Bay Concerned Citizens v. Anchor Bay Board of Education

This case arises out of plaintiffs’ efforts to recall four members of the Anchor Bay Board of Education. When plaintiffs filed the recall petitions with defendant board in January, 1973, requesting that a recall election be held, they were advised by the board that the petitions did not contain the number of signatures required by statute. Defendants contended that since Anchor Bay was a fractional school district, MCLA 168.956; MSA 6.1956 was the applicable statute:

”The petitions shall be signed by registered and qualified electors of the village equal in number to 25% of the votes cast for…