Board of State Canvassers approves recall petition against Westland state Rep. Peter Herzberg (D)

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers at their meeting on Friday cleared a recall petition against state Rep. Peter Herzberg (D-Westland), finding the grievances listed in the petition to be sufficiently clear and factual.

At issue is Herzberg’s March 18 vote against a Republican-led effort in the state House of Representatives to lower the state’s income tax rate from 4.25% to 4.05%.

House Bill 4170, which passed the House with bipartisan support, was put forth by Rep. Kathy Schmaltz (R-Jackson). In a statement Schmaltz said the effort was aimed at giving Michiganders a tax break, returning the rate to that of the 2023 tax year. The bill currently sits in the Democratic-led Senate Committee on Finance, Insurance and Consumer Protection.

The 2023 tax cut was triggered by a surplus in state funds, with a 2015 law signed by then-Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, which ties the income tax to the state’s general fund.


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