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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.644f Nominating petitions; filing; signatures; omission of nonpartisan petition requirement in law or charter; filing deadline; adjustment; city subject to subsections (4) and (5); city subject to subsection (7); civil fine; payment.
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Sec. 644f. (1) Except as provided in this section and section 644e, nominating petitions for offices to be filled at the odd year general election must be filed by 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the odd year primary election. The place of filing and the number of signatur…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.644g Terms of office; extension.
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Sec. 644g. (1) A term of office shall not be shortened by the provisions of sections 641 to 644i. An officer scheduled by prior law to be elected at a time other than the odd year general election shall not be elected on the date scheduled but shall continue in office until a suc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.644h Time of taking office.
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Sec. 644h. All persons elected at the odd year general election shall take office at 12 noon on January 1 following the election. In home rule cities, if the charter provides for an earlier date for taking office or if prior to April 1, 1971, the council provides by ordinance for…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.644i Manner of conducting elections.
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Sec. 644i. All odd year primary and general elections shall be conducted in the manner elections for state and county offices are conducted.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.646a Election of local officer; nomination; certification of ballot wording; applicability of provisions.
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Sec. 646a. (1) If a local officer is to be elected at a general November election, candidates for the local office must be nominated in the manner provided by law or charter, subject to sections 641 and 642. If candidates for the local office are to be nominated at caucuses, the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.648 Notice of elections to county clerk; time, contents.
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Sec. 648. The secretary of state, at least 60 days and not more than 90 days preceding any regular state or district primary or election, shall send to the county clerk of each county a notice in writing of such primary or election, specifying in such notice the federal, state an…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.649a Airport authority referendum; petitions, filing; submission.
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Sec. 649a. Regardless of any other provisions of this act, referendum petitions filed pursuant to the provisions of and within the time limit provided by section 23 of Act No. 73 of the Public Acts of 1970, being section 259.823 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, shall be placed on th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.65 Governor or lieutenant governor; resignation, notice.
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Sec. 65. Any person duly elected to the office of governor or lieutenant governor who desires to resign shall file a written notice containing the effective date of such resignation with the legislature and the secretary of state.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.650 Subsequent vacancy; additional notice to county clerks.
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Sec. 650. If, after such notices have been sent, a vacancy shall occur in any office which by law is required to be filled at such election, the secretary of state shall send to each county clerk an additional notice specifying the office in which such vacancy exists and that suc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.651 Special election; notice to county clerks, contents.
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Sec. 651. Whenever a special election shall be ordered by the governor to fill any vacancy, the secretary of state shall immediately notify the county clerk of each of the counties embraced in the election district, or the county clerk of the county, the whole or part of which co…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.652 Special elections; notice to city and township clerks, contents.
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Sec. 652. On receipt of any such notice from the secretary of state, the county clerk shall forthwith send a copy of the notice in writing to the clerk of each city and township in his county, which notice shall contain in substance the notice so received from the secretary of st…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.653a Election notice; publication; form; agreement to jointly publish notice.
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Sec. 653a. (1) On receipt of the notice from the county clerk pursuant to section 652, the clerk of each city and township shall give notice of the time and place at which the election is to be held, the offices to be filled, and the proposals to be submitted to the voters. The n…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.654 Election precincts; definition.
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Sec. 654. The words "election precinct" as used in this act shall mean a political subdivision, the area of which is embraced in its entirety within the confines of a city, ward, township or village, and for which not more than 1 polling place is provided for all qualified and re…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.654a Election precinct; composition; "clearly observable boundaries" defined.
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Sec. 654a. (1) An election precinct under this act must be composed as nearly as practicable of compact and contiguous territory and must have clearly defined and clearly observable boundaries. (2) As used in this section, "clearly observable boundaries" includes 1 or more of the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.657 Election precincts; division, rearrangement.
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Sec. 657. If a city, ward, or township is divided into 2 or more election precincts, the election commission, or other officials charged with the performance of that duty by the charter of any city may by resolution divide any precinct of the city, ward, or township into 2 or mor…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.658 Election precincts; consolidation.
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Sec. 658. If a city, ward, township, or village is divided into 2 or more election precincts, pursuant to law, and it appears from an examination of the precinct registration records that there are not more than 4,999 active registered electors in the city, ward, township, or vil…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.659 Consolidation of election precincts.
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Sec. 659. (1) If a county, city, ward, township, village, metropolitan district, or school district is divided into 2 or more election precincts, the county, city, ward, township, or village election commissioners may, by resolution, consolidate the election precincts for a parti…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.66 Governor or lieutenant governor; vacancy, creation; impeachment.
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Sec. 66. The office of governor or lieutenant governor shall become vacant upon the happening of any of the following events: Death of the incumbent; his resignation; his removal from office for cause; his ceasing to be a resident of the state; his conviction of an infamous crime…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.660 Subdivision, alteration, or rearrangement of precincts; record; numbers of precincts; description of boundaries; notice; abolition of division into precincts.
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Sec. 660. When a city, ward, township, or village is subdivided into election precincts, or the election precincts are altered or rearranged, the city, township, or village election commission, or other officials charged with the performance of the duty by the charter of the city…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.661 Division or rearrangement of precincts; notices; expenses; time limitations on division of precincts; division of precincts following federal census; determining number of registered electors.
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Sec. 661. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), city and township election commissions shall divide precincts according to law, not later than 210 days before the primary next preceding the general November election, and shall immediately notify the county clerk of the number…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.662 Designating place of holding election in municipality; polling places and early voting sites; central polling places; abolishment; compliance with voting accessibility; notice.
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Sec. 662. (1) The legislative body in each municipality shall provide a suitable polling place for each precinct located in the municipality for use on election day and shall provide a suitable early voting site for each precinct in the municipality for each election at which the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.663 Polling places; erection of barriers.
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Sec. 663. The legislative body of each city, village and township shall provide for and cause to be erected in the room where any election is to be held in each election precinct of such city, village or township, a suitable barrier which shall be so placed as to separate from th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.664 Polling places; booths or temporary rooms, specifications.
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Sec. 664. On the inside of said railing, the said officers shall cause 1 or more booths or temporary rooms to be erected. At least 1 such booth shall be provided at each polling place and not less than 1 for each 100 persons entitled to vote thereat, as shown by the registration …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.665 Polling places; forms, stationery and supplies; provision, delivery, approval by state bureau of elections.
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Sec. 665. All forms, stationery and supplies required by the several boards of precinct election inspectors for all federal, state, district and county primaries and elections shall be furnished in accordance with sections 666, 667, 668, 669 and 670 of this act. All forms, statio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.666 Metal seals; paper seals; blank forms for returns.
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Sec. 666. At each federal, state, district, or county primary or election, the secretary of state shall furnish to each county clerk at state expense the following items: (a) Before each primary, general, or special election at which state, district, or county officers are to be …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.666a Sealing devices for ballot boxes or containers.
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Sec. 666a. In addition to the supplies furnished under section 666, the secretary of state shall furnish to each county clerk devices to enable ballot boxes or other ballot containers to be sealed easily and securely with self-sealing metal seals.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.667 Election supplies to be furnished at county expense.
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Sec. 667. At any federal, state, district or county primary or election, the various boards of county election commissioners shall furnish, at the expense of their respective counties, all of the following: (a) Suitable forms as prescribed by the secretary of state for use by the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.668 Delivery of voter registration list, forms, and other supplies.
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Sec. 668. Before the polls open, the city, township, or village clerk shall deliver to the board of election inspectors of each precinct the voter registration list, the forms for poll lists and returns, and any other supplies necessary to conduct the election.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.668a Voter information displays.
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Sec. 668a. (1) The secretary of state shall furnish to each county clerk at state expense for each precinct 2 voter information displays that contain in not less than 18-point type the following information: (a) The hours that the polls will be open. (b) Voting instructions. (c) …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.668b Electronic poll book software; timeline for processing voter activity and precinct reports.
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Sec. 668b. (1) Each city or township shall use the electronic poll book software developed, acquired, or approved by the bureau of elections in each election precinct in the city or township on election day to process voters and generate election precinct reports. (2) Except as o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.669 Items to be provided by city or township board of election commissioners.
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Sec. 669. For a federal, state, district, or county primary or election, a city or township board of election commissioners shall provide, at the expense of the respective city or township, each of the following: (a) For each election precinct, a ballot container approved under s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.67 Offices of governor and lieutenant governor; vacancy; death or failure to qualify of governor-elect or lieutenant governor-elect; devolution of powers and duties.
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Sec. 67. If a vacancy occurs in the office of governor, the powers and duties of that office shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term or until the disability ceases. If the lieutenant governor succeeds to the office of governor, or if a vacancy occ…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.670 Local primaries and elections; ballots, forms, stationery and supplies.
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Sec. 670. For all local primaries and elections, the election commissioners of the various cities and townships shall furnish, at the expense of their respective cities and townships all ballots, forms, stationery, and supplies required for the proper conduct of primaries and ele…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.671 Blank forms for returns; seals.
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Sec. 671. At the time of delivering the official ballots and other election supplies to the township and city clerks or, for city, village, or township elections, to the wards or precincts, a sufficient number of blank forms for use by the election inspectors in making the statem…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.672 Board of inspectors of elections; presence in precinct polling places.
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Sec. 672. At every election, there shall be a board of at least 3 inspectors of election, constituted as in this chapter provided, in and for each election precinct. Not less than a majority of the inspectors shall be present in the precinct polling place during the time the poll…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.673a Election inspector; submission of list of interested individuals.
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Sec. 673a. Not later than May 15 of each year, the county chair of a major political party may submit to the city or township clerks in that county a list of individuals who are interested in serving as an election inspector in that county. The county chair may designate in the l…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.674 Precinct and early voting site election inspector; appointment; chairperson; political party membership; challenge; vacancies.
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Sec. 674. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary and subject to this section, the city and township board of election commissioners, at least 21 days before each election, but in no case less than 5 days before the date set for holding schools of instructi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.675 Precinct election inspectors; vacancies during election.
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Sec. 675. In case 3 inspectors shall not attend at the opening of the polls or shall not remain in attendance during the election, the electors present may choose, viva voce, such number of said electors as, with the inspector or inspectors present, shall constitute a board of 3 …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.677 Precinct election inspector; qualifications; application; contents; online; candidates ineligible; appointment.
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Sec. 677. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), a precinct election inspector must be a qualified and registered elector of this state, must have a good reputation, and must have sufficient education and clerical ability to perform the duties of the office. An indiv…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.678 Board of election inspectors; authority.
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Sec. 678. Each board of election inspectors shall possess full authority to maintain peace, regularity and order at its polling place, and to enforce obedience to their lawful commands during any primary or election and during the canvass of the votes after the poll is closed.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.679 Counting board; membership; appointment; duties; applicability of MCL 168.662 to place of performance.
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Sec. 679. (1) The legislative body of a city or township, by resolution, may provide that for an election in a precinct of the city or township, there shall be an additional board of election inspectors, known as the counting board. The counting board must consist of 3 or more el…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.679a Receiving board; appointment and duties of inspectors; review of poll book and statement of returns; corrective action; delivery.
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Sec. 679a. (1) The election commission of a city or township shall, by resolution, provide that at an election at which the ballots are counted and certified at the precinct, 1 or more additional boards of election inspectors be appointed to serve as receiving boards. For a preci…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.68 Governor or lieutenant governor; recount of vote.
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Sec. 68. The votes cast for any candidate for the office of governor or lieutenant governor at any primary or election shall be subject to recount as provided in chapter 33 of this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.680 Precinct election inspectors; oath of office.
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Sec. 680. Each precinct election inspector shall, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe the following constitutional oath of office, which oath any of the inspectors may administer: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constituti…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.682 Election officials; compensation.
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Sec. 682. Any person employed as an inspector of election, or in any other official capacity at any election, primary election, or on any board of canvassers or board of registration, shall, except as otherwise specifically provided, receive reasonable compensation as allowed by …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.683 Election inspectors; instruction, compensation, vacancy.
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Sec. 683. Each county clerk before each primary and election shall, by some reliable means, notify the clerk of each township and city in the county of a training school for election inspectors to be held at a place designated by the county clerk within 20 days before each primar…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.685 Candidate of new political party; printing name on ballot; certificate; petitions; form; circulation; disqualification and requalification of party; "principal candidate of a political party" defined; party subject to MCL 168.686a; prohibited conduct; violations; misdemeanor; felony; penalties.
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Sec. 685. (1) The name of a candidate of a new political party must not be printed upon the official ballots of an election unless the chairperson and secretary of the state central committee of the party files with the secretary of state, not later than 4 p.m. of the one hundred…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.686 State convention; canvass of returns; certification of nominees; presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
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Sec. 686. Within 24 hours after the conclusion of the state convention before a general election, the state central committee of each political party shall canvass the proceedings of the convention and determine the nominees of the convention. Not more than 1 business day after t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.686a Nomination by caucus or convention where no candidate polls 5% of vote cast for candidates for secretary of state.
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Sec. 686a. (1) If a political party entitled to a position on the ballot failed to have at least 1 candidate who polled at least 5% of the total vote cast for all candidates for secretary of state at the last preceding election at which a secretary of state was elected, candidate…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.686b Nonmajor political party; notice of county caucus or state convention.
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Sec. 686b. A political party that is not a major political party, as defined in section 16, and that is required to nominate candidates at a county caucus or state convention shall, at least 10 days before holding the county caucus or state convention to nominate candidates, noti…