DETROIT – The Michigan State Board of Canvassers has approved a recall petition for Gov. Rick Snyder.
The petition calls for Snyder's removal from office over an executive order he signed last March related to the school reform office. The order included a section which created the state school reform and redesign office within the Department of Technology, Management and Budget.
The petition calls that order unconstitutional.
Ben Lazarus wrote the approved petition. He currently serves on the board for Warren Consolidated Schools.
"I think what we have to do as a people is determine that enough is enough," Lazarus said. "This has everything to do with the children of Flint and the children of Detroit Public Schools and all around this state that are being affected by this broad overreach of executive power."
The group behind the petition must now collect nearly 800,000 signatures to get the recall on the ballot. They have 180 days and need valid signatures within 60 days of turning them in.
"The language that was approved by the State Board of Canvassers is clear and unambiguous," Lazarus said. "It meets all technical and legal requirements."
The Board of Canvassers has rejected several petitions to recall the governor for reasons related to the Flint water crisis.