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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.22a Board of state canvassers; submission of nominees to governor; appointment; vacancy; failure to submit nominees; appointee declining to serve.
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Sec. 22a. (1) On or before the fifteenth day of January in an odd numbered year, both of the following must occur: (a) The state central committee of each major political party shall submit to the governor the names of 3 individuals as nominees for each position that is up for re…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.22b Board of state canvassers; term of office.
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Sec. 22b. The term of office of a member of the board of state canvassers appointed under section 22a(2) is 4 years, which term begins on the February 1 immediately following the appointment. A member of the board of state canvassers shall hold office until the member's successor…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.22c Board of state canvassers; qualifications; oath; "election-related offense" defined.
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Sec. 22c. (1) A member of the board of state canvassers must be a qualified and registered elector of this state. (2) An individual is not eligible to be a member of the board of state canvassers if that individual has been convicted of an election-related offense. (3) Before tak…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.22d Board of state canvassers; meetings; quorum; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson.
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Sec. 22d. (1) The board of state canvassers shall meet as necessary to conduct the business of the board. The board of state canvassers shall conduct its meetings pursuant to this act and the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.2…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.22e Board of state canvassers; approval of statement of purpose; notice of meeting; person to address meeting.
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Sec. 22e. (1) The board of state canvassers shall meet to consider and approve a statement of the purpose of a proposed constitutional amendment or other ballot question prepared pursuant to section 32. The board of state canvassers shall give not less than 3 full business days' …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.22f Board of state canvassers; expenses and compensation of members.
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Sec. 22f. A member of the board of state canvassers is entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties. A member of the board of state canvassers shall receive $75.00 for each day's actual physical attendance at a meeting of the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.22g Expenses for services performed by office of secretary of state.
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Sec. 22g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if authorized jointly by the board of state canvassers and the secretary of state, all expenses incurred for services performed by the office of the secretary of state for the board of state canvassers shall be…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.23 Board of county election commissioners; membership; quorum; officers; absence or disqualification of member; appointment of county officer; board member involved in recall of officer.
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Sec. 23. (1) The chief or only judge of probate of the county or probate court district, the county clerk, and the county treasurer shall constitute a board of county election commissioners for each county. The chief or only judge of probate of the county or probate court distric…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.24a Board of county canvassers; establishment; powers and duties; conduct of recounts; school district election; costs; abolishment of boards of canvassers; appointment and terms of members; applicability of section.
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Sec. 24a. (1) A 4-member board of county canvassers is established in every county in this state. All of the powers granted to and duties required by law to be performed by all boards of canvassers established by law, other than the board of state canvassers, are granted to and r…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.24b Board of county canvassers; members, eligibility, oath of office, holding other office prohibited.
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Sec. 24b. (1) Each member of a board of county canvassers must be a qualified elector of the county and must take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office prescribed in section 1 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963. (2) An individual is not eligible to be a …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.24c Board of county canvassers; members; selection; procedure; vacancy.
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Sec. 24c. (1) Selection of the members of the board of county canvassers shall be made from each of the 2 political parties casting the greatest number of votes for secretary of state at the preceding general November election in that county. A political party shall not be repres…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.24d Board of county canvassers; vacancy.
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Sec. 24d. (1) If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the board of county canvassers, the county clerk shall immediately give notice of the vacancy to the chairperson of the county committee of the political party entitled to fill the vacancy. (2) The county committee of the pol…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.24e Board of county canvassers; meetings; election of officers; quorum, action; clerk; assistants, compensation.
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Sec. 24e. (1) The board shall meet as necessary to transact their business, and during the month of January in each even numbered year elect 1 of their members chairperson and 1 as vice-chairperson. Any 3 members constitute a quorum, but no action becomes effective unless 1 membe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.24j Ballot container; examination by board of county canvassers; approval; procurement; use of disapproved container.
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Sec. 24j. (1) A ballot container includes a ballot box, transfer case, or other container used to secure ballots, including optical scan ballots and electronic voting systems and data. (2) A manufacturer or distributor of ballot containers shall submit a nonmetal ballot container…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.25 Board of city election commissioners; membership, quorum, chairman; absences, appointment of acting member.
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Sec. 25. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, unless otherwise provided by a charter adopted by a majority vote of the people voting on the adoption thereof, the city clerk, the city attorney and the city assessor shall constitute the board of city election…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.251 Scope of chapter.
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Sec. 251. This chapter shall not be applicable in counties in which the county road commissioners are appointed by the board of county supervisors.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.252 County road commissioner; eligibility.
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Sec. 252. No person shall be eligible to the office of county road commissioner who shall not have been a citizen of the United States and a qualified and registered elector of the county in which election is sought for at least 1 year next preceding his election, nor shall he be…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.253 Candidates for county road commissioner; nomination at primary.
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Sec. 253. A general primary election of all political parties shall be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in August preceding every general November election in which county road commissioners are elected, at which time the qualified and registered electors of each p…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.254 Office of county road commissioner; nominating petitions; signatures; form; nonrefundable filing fee; nominating petitions; deposit and use of fee.
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Sec. 254. (1) To obtain the printing of the name of an individual as a candidate for nomination by a political party for the office of county road commissioner under a particular party heading upon the official primary ballots, there must be filed with the county clerk of the cou…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.255 Candidate for county road commissioner; death; selection of candidate to fill vacancy; ballots.
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Sec. 255. If a candidate of a political party for the office of county road commissioner, after having qualified as a candidate, dies after the last day for qualifying, leaving the political party without a candidate for the office of county road commissioner, a candidate to fill…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.256 Candidates for nomination; withdrawal, notice.
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Sec. 256. After the filing of nominating petitions or filing fee by or in behalf of a proposed candidate for the office of county road commissioner, such candidate shall not be permitted to withdraw unless a written notice of withdrawal is served on the county clerk or his duly a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.257 Candidates for county road commissioner; write-in.
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Sec. 257. If for any reason there is no candidate of a political party for county road commissioner, 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 candidate for that office by…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.258 Candidates for county road commissioner; nomination, certification.
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Sec. 258. The candidate of each political party for the office of county road commissioner receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates for said office, as set forth in the report of the board of county canvassers, based on the returns from the various election prec…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.259 Candidates; withdrawal after nomination.
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Sec. 259. When a candidate of any political party has filed nominating petitions or filing fee for such office and has been nominated for said office by said party, he shall not be permitted to withdraw unless he has removed from the county, or has become physically unfit. No vac…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.26 Board of township election commissioners; membership, quorum, chairman; absences, appointment of acting member.
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Sec. 26. Unless otherwise provided by charter, the supervisor, clerk and township treasurer shall constitute the board of township election commissioners for each township, 2 of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. The township clerk shall act as chairman of th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.260 Candidates; death, withdrawal or disqualification; selection of new candidate, certification; ballots.
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Sec. 260. When the candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to the office of county road commissioner, shall die, withdraw, remove from the county, or become disqualified for any reason, the county committee of such party shall meet forthwith and, by a majority…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.261 County road commissioner; election.
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Sec. 261. A county road commissioner shall be elected at the general election to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in every even numbered year.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.262 County road commissioner; certificate of determination by board of county canvassers.
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Sec. 262. The board of county canvassers shall determine which candidate for county road commissioner received the greatest number of votes and shall declare such candidate to be duly elected. The said board shall forthwith make and subscribe on its statement of returns a certifi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.263 County road commissioner; certificate of election.
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Sec. 263. The county clerk shall file in his office and preserve the original statement and determination of the board of county canvassers of the results of the election and shall forthwith execute and cause to be delivered to the person thereby declared to be elected to the off…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.264 County road commissioner; term of office.
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Sec. 264. The term of office for county road commissioner shall be 6 years, beginning on the first day of January next following his election, and shall continue until a successor shall have been elected and qualified.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.265 County road commissioner; oath of office, bond, deposit.
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Sec. 265. Every person elected to the office of county road commissioner, before entering upon the duties of the office, must take and subscribe to the oath as provided in section 1 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963, must give bond in the amount and manner prescribe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.266 County road commissioner; resignation, notice.
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Sec. 266. Any person duly elected to the office of county road commissioner of any county who desires to resign shall file a written notice containing the effective date of such resignation with the chairman of the board of county supervisors and a copy with the county clerk.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.267 County road commissioner; vacancy, creation.
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Sec. 267. The office of county road commissioner in any county in this state 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 county where his off…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.268 County road commissioner; removal from office; service of charges, hearing; ineligibility for office.
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Sec. 268. The governor may remove any county road commissioner when he shall be satisfied from sufficient evidence submitted to him, as hereinafter provided, that such officer has been guilty of official misconduct, or of wilful neglect of duty, or of extortion, or habitual drunk…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.269 County road commissioner; appointment to fill vacancy; oath; bond; term.
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Sec. 269. If a vacancy occurs in the office of county road commissioner, a qualified person shall be appointed to fill the vacancy by the county board of commissioners. The person appointed shall take the oath of office, give bond in the manner required by law, and hold office fo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.27 Board of village election commissioners; membership, quorum, chairman; absences, appointment of acting member.
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Sec. 27. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, unless otherwise provided by a charter adopted by a majority vote of the people voting on the adoption thereof, the president, clerk and treasurer shall constitute the board of village election commissioners for…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.270 County road commissioner; primary or election, recount of votes.
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Sec. 270. The votes cast for any candidate for county road commissioner at any primary or election shall be subject to recount as provided in chapter 33 of this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.271 County road commissioner; recall.
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Sec. 271. Any person elected to the office of county road commissioner shall be subject to recall as provided in chapter 36 of this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.28 Boards of election commissioners and boards of canvassers; compensation.
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Sec. 28. Members of the various boards of election commissioners and any other person charged with duties in connection with the conduct of primaries, elections, canvassing of returns, and recounts must receive compensation as is determined by the legislative body of this state, …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.281 State board of education and boards of state universities; membership eligibility.
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Sec. 281. A person is not eligible to membership on the state board of education, the board of regents of the University of Michigan, the board of trustees of Michigan State University, or the board of governors of Wayne State University if the person is not a registered and qual…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.282 Candidates for boards of state universities; nomination at fall state conventions.
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Sec. 282. At its fall state convention each political party may nominate 2 candidates for membership on the board of regents of the University of Michigan, 2 candidates for membership on the board of trustees of Michigan State University and 2 candidates for membership on the boa…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.282a Candidates for state board of education; nomination at fall state convention.
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Sec. 282a. At its fall state convention of 1964, each political party may nominate 8 candidates for membership on the state board of education. Two candidates shall be nominated for 2-year terms, 2 for 4-year terms, 2 for 6-year terms and 2 for 8-year terms. At its fall state con…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.283 Candidates for state board of education and boards of state universities; canvass by state central committee of each political party; list.
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Sec. 283. Not more than 24 hours after the conclusion of the fall state convention, the state central committee of each political party shall canvass the proceedings of the convention and determine the nominees of the convention for membership on the state board of education, the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.284 Candidates for state board of education and boards of certain state universities; withdrawal; notice.
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Sec. 284. A person who is certified by the state central committee of a party as nominated for membership on the state board of education, the board of regents of the university of Michigan, the board of trustees of Michigan state university, or the board of governors of Wayne st…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.285 Candidates for state board of education and boards of state universities; death, withdrawal or disqualification; election of new candidate, certification; ballots.
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Sec. 285. Whenever a candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to membership on the state board of education, the board of regents of the University of Michigan, the board of trustees of Michigan State University, or the board of governors of Wayne State Univers…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.286 Boards of state universities; election.
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Sec. 286. Two members of the board of regents of the University of Michigan shall be elected at the general election in 1966 and in every general election thereafter. Two members of the board of trustees of Michigan State University and 2 members of the board of governors of Wayn…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.286a State board of education; election.
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Sec. 286a. Eight members of the state board of education shall be elected at the general election in 1964. Two members shall be elected for 2-year terms, 2 for 4-year terms, 2 for 6-year terms, and 2 for 8-year terms. Two members of the state board of education shall be elected f…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.287 State board of education and boards of state universities; certificate of determination by board of state canvassers.
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Sec. 287. The board of state canvassers shall determine which candidates for membership on the state board of education, the board of regents of the University of Michigan, the board of trustees of Michigan State University and the board of governors of Wayne State University hav…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.288 State board of education and boards of state universities; certificate of election.
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Sec. 288. The secretary of state shall file in his office and preserve the original statement and determination of the board of state canvassers of the result of the election and shall forthwith execute and cause to be delivered to the persons thereby declared to be elected to me…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.289 State board of education and boards of state universities; terms of office.
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Sec. 289. Subject to section 286a, the term of office of members of the state board of education, the board of regents of the University of Michigan, the board of trustees of Michigan State University, and the board of governors of Wayne State University shall be 8 years and shal…