Sec. 161. A person is not eligible to the office of state senator or representative unless the person is a citizen of the United States and a registered and qualified elector of the district he or she represents by the filing deadline, as provided in section 7 of article IV of the state constitution of 1963.
Offices of state senator or representative; eligibility.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.161, under MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.161