Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

September 5, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

Michael F. Cavanagh Marilyn Kelly Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra, 145754 Justices

CITIZENS FOR MORE MICHIGAN JOBS and ROBERT J. CANNON, Plaintiffs-Appellants, SC: 145754 v COA: 312085 SECRETARY OF STATE, BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS, and DIRECTOR OF ELECTIONS, Defendants-Appellees. _________________________________________

This cause having been brought to this Court by application for leave to appeal prior to decision by the Court of Appeals on the complaint for mandamus and having been argued by counsel and due deliberation having been had thereon, it is ordered that the complaint for mandamus filed in the Court of Appeals is dismissed and relief is denied in all other respects. Pursuant to MCR 7.317(C)(3), the Clerk is directed to issue this judgment order forthwith. No motion for rehearing will be entertained.

I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court. September 5, 2012 _________________________________________ Clerk