The citizens of Michigan are granted the authority to perform a recall election by Section 8 of Article II of the Michigan Constitution. Recall is a process whereby voters can remove an elected official from office prior to the end of his or her term by a special election.
ALL elected officials in the state are subject to recall except judges of courts of record. This right of recall was created in 1908. Michigan and Oregon, which also created the right of recall in 1908, were the first two states to adopt statewide recall procedures.
Michigan is one of nine states with provisions that say that the right of recall extends to recalling members of its federal congressional delegation, but it has not been clear whether federal courts would allow states to actually recall their federal politicians.[1]
Michigan politicians who are otherwise subject to recall cannot be recalled in the first six months or the last six months of their current term in office.[2]
Actually, it is clear that courts will not allow recall of federal officials.
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton