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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.519 Illegal or fraudulent registration; penalty.
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Sec. 519. A township or city clerk or assistant clerk shall not register an individual if the clerk knows or has good reason to believe that the individual is not a resident and qualified. An individual shall not register as an elector if he or she knows or has good reason to bel…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.52 Gubernatorial candidates; nomination at primary.
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Sec. 52. A general primary election of all political parties shall be held in every election precinct in this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in August preceding every general November election in which a governor is to be elected, at which time the qualified and…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.520 Illegal or fraudulent registration; township or city clerk, powers and duties; assistance by police or sheriff; assistant examiners, appointment, expenses.
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Sec. 520. If a township or city clerk has knowledge that there is a probable illegal or fraudulent registration in the township or city, or in any ward or precinct of the township or city, the clerk has the power and duty to make a full investigation of the facts concerning the r…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.521 Illegal or fraudulent registration; removal of names; notice; reinstatement; review by mandamus; challenge.
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Sec. 521. If a township or city clerk determines that any name has been illegally or fraudulently entered upon the registration records of any precinct in the township or city, the clerk shall remove that name from the registration records and shall notify the individual whose na…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.522 Making, certifying, and delivering computer tape, disk, or listing of names and addresses of registered electors; year, month, and day of birth of elector; information exempt from disclosure.
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Sec. 522. (1) A clerk of a city, township, or village who maintains a computerized file of registered voters and who does not have direct access to the qualified voter files shall make, certify, and deliver to any person, upon request, a computer tape, disk, or listing, as specif…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.523 Identification of registered elector; presenting identification for election purposes; execution of application; challenge; affidavit; approval, initial, and notation of application; application as poll list; filing application; notations on cards or lists; record of voting participation.
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Sec. 523. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), at each election, before being given a ballot, each registered elector offering to vote must identify himself or herself by presenting identification for election purposes, and by executing an application, on a form pr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.523a Individual not listed on voter registration list; issuance of ballot; procedure.
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Sec. 523a. (1) If an individual who has applied to register to vote on or before election day appears at a polling place on election day and completes an application under section 523 is not listed on the voter registration list, the election inspector shall issue a ballot to the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.523b Establishment of election day vote centers; requirements; election inspector duties.
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Sec. 523b. (1) If a city or township has processed 500 or more election day voter registrations in either or both of the previous 2 general November elections, the board of election commissioners of that city or township may establish election day vote centers to tabulate ballots…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.53 Office of governor; nominating petitions; signatures; form; filing.
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Sec. 53. To obtain the printing of the name of a person as a candidate for nomination by a political party for the office of governor under a particular party heading upon the official primary ballots, there shall be filed with the secretary of state nominating petitions signed b…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.531 Primary elections; nomination of candidates by direct vote.
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Sec. 531. Whenever any primary election shall be held in this state or in any city, county or district in this state, the nomination of candidates shall be made by direct vote of the qualified and registered electors of each political party participating therein as hereinafter pr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.532 Nomination by caucus or convention where principal candidate receives less than 5% of vote cast for candidates for secretary of state.
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Sec. 532. A political party whose principal candidate received less than 5% of the total vote cast for all candidates for the office of secretary of state in the last preceding state election, either in the state or in any political subdivision affected, shall not make its nomina…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.533 Applicability of act.
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Sec. 533. The provisions of this act relative to the conduct of elections shall be applicable as near as may be in all particulars to all regular and special primary elections except as the contrary is indicated.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.534 General primary; time; party candidates; condition to nomination.
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Sec. 534. A general primary of all political parties except as provided in sections 532 and 685 must be held in every election precinct in this state on the Tuesday after the first Monday in August before every general November election, at which time the qualified and registered…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.535 General primary; nomination of nonpartisan candidates.
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Sec. 535. A general primary shall be held in every election precinct in this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in August preceding every general November election, at which time the qualified and registered voters may vote for nonpartisan candidates for the office …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.538 Primary election; notice; posting; publication.
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Sec. 538. Primary election notices shall be published and posted as provided in section 653a.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.539 City and county primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of candidates; notice to city and township clerks, public notice.
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Sec. 539. If, upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions in any primary for city or county, it appears that there is no opposition to any candidate for any office upon any ticket, then the city or county clerk, as the case may be, shall certify to the board of election …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.54 Candidates for nomination; withdrawal, notice.
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Sec. 54. After the filing of a nominating petition by or in behalf of a proposed candidate for governor, such candidate shall not be permitted to withdraw unless a written notice of withdrawal is served on the secretary of state or his duly authorized agent not later than 4 p.m.,…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.540 Nonpartisan primary elections; when not held; certification of candidates.
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Sec. 540. If, upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions for any nonpartisan primary election, it shall appear that as to any office on any nonpartisan ticket there are not to exceed twice the number of candidates as there are persons to be elected, then the officer wit…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.541 District primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of candidates; notice to city and township clerks.
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Sec. 541. If upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions in any primary, the secretary of state shall find within a given district that there is no opposition for any office upon any ticket, he shall forthwith give notice to the clerk of the several counties embraced, at…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.542 Nominating petitions; provisions governing.
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Sec. 542. The printing of the name of any person as a candidate for nomination by any political party for any office except a city or village under the particular party heading upon the official ballots for any primary election held in this state shall be obtained by following th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544a Nonpartisan nominating petitions; size, form, contents.
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Sec. 544a. The form, size and contents of all nonpartisan nominating petitions shall be the same as is provided in section 544c for partisan nominating petitions, except that under the heading "nominating petition" shall be printed in 12-point type the word "nonpartisan". The pet…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544b Candidates for judicial office; affidavit of qualifications to be filed with nominating petitions.
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Sec. 544b. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person shall not qualify as a candidate for any judicial office of this state unless the person files an affidavit with his or her nominating petitions on a form prescribed by the secretary of state stating that he or she pos…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544c Nominating petition; type size; form; contents; circulation and signing; validity of elector's signature; agreement of circulator to accept jurisdiction; service with legal process; violations; misdemeanor; felony; sanctions; refusal of individual to comply with subpoena; applicability of section to all sections.
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Sec. 544c. (1) A nominating petition must be 8-1/2 inches by 14 inches in size. On a nominating petition, the words "nominating petition" must be printed in 24-point boldface type. "We, the undersigned," et cetera must be printed in 8-point type. "Warning" and language in the war…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544d Nominating petitions for offices and purposes; circulation; form; identification of city or township; certificate of circulator; other form not prohibited.
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Sec. 544d. Nominating petitions for the offices under this act and petitions for a local proposal may be circulated on a countywide form. Petitions circulated countywide must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, which form must be substantially as provided in sectio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544e Canvassing petitions; number designations for months.
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Sec. 544e. When canvassing petitions filed pursuant to this act, the official canvassing the petitions shall accept number designations for the months of the year in lieu of the names of the months.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.544f Number of signatures required.
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Sec. 544f. The number of signatures of qualified and registered electors necessary for nominating petitions under this act, based upon the population of the district involved according to the most recent federal census, is as follows: Partisan Petition Non Partisan Petition Quali…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.545 Nominating petitions; combination of two offices.
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Sec. 545. In those instances in which the duties of 2 offices are combined, all nominating petitions shall include and name the 2 offices.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.546 Nominating petitions; supply by county and city clerks; printing by candidate.
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Sec. 546. The various county clerks and city clerks shall prepare and keep on hand blank forms of nominating petitions for use of the electors and candidates in said city or county. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any candidate from having his own nominati…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.547a Nominating petitions; signatures by voters, number, counting.
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Sec. 547a. If a qualified and registered voter signs nominating petitions for a greater number of candidates for public office than the number of persons to be elected thereto, his signatures, if they bear the same date, shall not be counted upon any petition, and if they bear di…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.548 Nominating petitions; maximum number of signatures.
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Sec. 548. It shall be unlawful for any candidate to wilfully and intentionally procure more names upon nominating petitions than the maximum number prescribed in this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.549 Nominating petitions; excess signatures, counting.
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Sec. 549. If any nominating petitions contain more than the necessary percentage of names, the excess over 1% shall neither be considered nor counted.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.55 Candidate for office of governor or lieutenant governor; write-in.
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Sec. 55. If, for any reason, there is no candidate of a political party for the office of governor or lieutenant governor, a blank space shall be provided on each of the official primary ballots that affords every elector of the political party an opportunity to vote for a candid…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.550 Candidates for nomination; qualification upon compliance with act.
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Sec. 550. No candidate shall have his name printed upon any official primary election ballot of any political party in any voting precinct in this state unless he shall have filed nominating petitions according to the provisions of this act, and all other requirements of this act…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.551 Nominating petitions or filing fees; filing period.
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Sec. 551. Until December 31, 2013, the secretary of state and the various county, township, and city clerks shall receive nominating petitions or filing fees filed under this act up to 4 p.m., eastern standard time, of the twelfth Tuesday before the August primary. Beginning Janu…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.552 Nominating petitions; certification by county or city clerk; sworn complaint; investigation to determine validity of signatures and genuineness of petition; examination of petitions; declaration of sufficiency or insufficiency of petitions; review; filing of nominating petitions with secretary of state; notification; canvass of petitions; hearing; subpoenas; oaths; adjournment; completion of canvass; availability to public; declaration; request for notice of approval or rejection of petition; judicial review; use of qualified voter file; certification to boards of election commissioners.
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Sec. 552. (1) The county or city clerk, after the last day specified in this act for receiving and filing nominating petitions, shall immediately certify to the proper board or boards of election commissioners in the city, county, district, or state the name and post office addre…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.552a Validity of petition or signature.
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Sec. 552a. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, a petition or a signature is not invalid solely because the designation of city or township has not been made on the petition form if a city and an adjoining township have the same name. (2) Notwithst…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.553 Nominating petitions; insufficiency, notice to candidate.
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Sec. 553. In case it is determined that the nominating petitions of any candidate do not comply with the requirements of this act, or if for any other cause such candidate is not entitled to have his name printed upon the official primary ballots, it shall be the duty of the secr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.554 List of candidates; posting.
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Sec. 554. The secretary of state or county or city clerk shall forthwith prepare and publicly expose in his office a list of the candidates who have filed nominating petitions or filing fees in his office, as near as may be, as they will appear upon the official primary election …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.555 Nominating petitions and filing fees; public record, contents; public inspection.
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Sec. 555. The various officers named herein shall keep a public record of the nominating petitions and filing fees filed in a book for that purpose, which record shall indicate the names of the candidates, the offices sought, and the dates when such nominating petitions or filing…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.556 Nominating petitions; final disposition, record.
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Sec. 556. All nominating petitions filed under the provisions of this act shall be preserved by the secretary of state, county, city, village or township clerk, as the case may be, until the first day of January following the primary election for which the same were filed. At the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.558 Filing nominating petition, qualifying petition, filing fee, or affidavit of candidacy; affidavit of identity; requirement to indicate name change; exception; statement; noncompliance; selection of office to which candidacy restricted; failure to make selection; perjury separate violation.
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Sec. 558. (1) When filing a nominating petition, qualifying petition, filing fee, or affidavit of candidacy for a federal, county, state, city, township, village, metropolitan district, or school district office in any election, a candidate shall file with the officer with whom t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.559 Official primary election ballots; preparation, distribution.
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Sec. 559. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county in this state to prepare and furnish the necessary official primary election ballots, except for city offices, which may be required for use by the electors of any political party at the August p…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.56 Candidate for office of governor; death; selection of candidate to fill vacancy; ballots.
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Sec. 56. If a candidate of a political party for the office of governor, after having qualified as a candidate, dies after the time specified for filing in section 53, leaving the political party without a candidate for that office, a candidate to fill the vacancy may be selected…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.560 Ballots; use; size.
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Sec. 560. Ballots other than those furnished by the board of election commissioners, according to the provisions of this act, shall not be used, cast, or counted in any election precinct at any election. The size of all official ballots shall be as the board of election commissio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.560a General election ballot; listing political party and name; qualification.
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Sec. 560a. A political party the principal candidate of which received at the last preceding general election a vote equal to or more than 1% of the total number of votes cast for the successful candidate for secretary of state at the last preceding election in which a secretary …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.560b Name appearing on ballot; change; appearance of given and middle name; nickname; common law name; married name; violation.
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Sec. 560b. (1) A candidate required to indicate a name change on the affidavit of identity under section 558 shall be listed on the ballot with his or her current name and former name as prescribed by the secretary of state. (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), both a candidat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.561 Official primary election ballots; offices for which name of candidate to be included; filing request for clarifying designation of same or similar surnames; notice of determination; appeal; printing occupation, date of birth, or residence of candidate; incumbency designation; guidelines.
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Sec. 561. (1) The ballots prepared by the board of election commissioners in each county for use by the electors of a political party at a primary election shall include the name of each candidate of the political party for the office of governor, United States senator, and distr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.561a Official ballots; designation of candidate with same given and surname as incumbent.
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Sec. 561a. In any primary election whenever any candidate for public office has the same given and surname as the name of the person last elected to such office, when the person last elected is not seeking renomination, below the name of said candidate on the ballot shall appear …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.562 Official ballots; delegates to county convention.
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Sec. 562. The said ballots shall also contain as many lines as there are delegates to be elected to the county convention by the particular political party. Such lines shall be printed under the title "Delegates to county convention", and no ballot for a delegate to a county conv…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.562b Election as delegate to state convention or national convention; signing affidavit; voting for presidential candidate; filing affidavit.
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Sec. 562b. (1) Before an individual may be elected as a delegate to the state convention or national convention of a political party, that individual shall sign an affidavit including 1 of the following: (a) The name of a candidate for president of the United States of that indiv…