State Rep. Jennifer Conlin is among five Michigan House Democrats being targeted with recall efforts for their votes on recent red flag and hate crimes legislation, Gongwer is reporting.
Conlin of Ann Arbor — who represents Michigan’s 48th state House District, which includes Hamburg and Genoa townships, as well as northern Washtenaw County and a few precincts of the City of Ann Arbor — had a petition filed against her for voting for HB 4474, which seeks to expand what constitutes as a hate crime in Michigan.
The petition against Conlin was submitted by Linda Ensley of Brighton.
The hate crimes bill was passed by the House on June 20.
You can read that bill by clicking here.
In a notice to lawmakers, Elections Director Jonathan Brater said the Board of State Canvassers will meet Aug. 1 on the recall petitions, which were filed last week.
The other legislators being targeted, according to Gongwer, are Rep. Betsy Coffia of Traverse City and Rep. Sharon MacDonell of Troy for their votes for the red flag gun legislation (HB 4145 ); and,Rep. Reggie Miller of Van Buren Township and Rep. Jaime Churches of Wyandotte for their votes for the hate crimes legislation.
