In accordance with MCL 42.34(6), a referendum on the question of the annexation was held at the general election. It alleged that the ballot language was not properly certified under MCL 168.646a(2) and the Charter Township Act (CTA), MCL 42.1 et seq., particularly MCL 42.34(5), was unconstitutional to the extent that it barred qualified electors in the township affected by a proposed annexation from voting on the referendum. Meridian Township filed a complaint in the trial court requesting declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and an accelerated hearing. After verifying the petition's lone signature and finding the petition valid, Bryanton ordered a referendum on the question of the annexation at the next general election in November 2006. The property is a 6.33-acre parcel owned by intervening defendant White Family Properties, LLC. In August 2006, Mike Bryanton, the Ingham County Clerk, received a petition for annexation of property in Meridian Township to East Lansing. Stevens, a qualified, registered elector in the township, appeal as of right the trial court's order denying their motion for summary disposition and granting summary disposition in favor of defendant, Ingham County Clerk, and intervening defendants, White Family Properties, LLC, and the city of East Lansing. Meridian Township and intervening plaintiff, Phillip M. This case involves the annexation of property in plaintiff, Meridian Charter Township, to the city of East Lansing, intervening defendant.
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