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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.563 Primary election ballots; number; weight and color of paper; printing and arrangement.
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Sec. 563. The number of ballots to be printed for the use of the electors at any primary election in any election precinct shall be not less than 25% more than the total number of ballots cast therein at the corresponding primary election held 4 years previously. The ballot at an…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.564 Official ballots; failure of party to file required petitions, party ballot not printed.
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Sec. 564. If in the case of any political party it shall appear that no person has filed the necessary number of nominating petitions, as required by this act, for nomination as a candidate of said party for any office, then no ballot for the use of said political party at the pr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.565 Filing, mailing, and correcting proof copies of ballots; affidavit.
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Sec. 565. (1) Not less than 58 days before the primary election, proof copies of the ballots must be placed on file in the office of the county clerk. At the time of filing, the county clerk shall send by email 1 proof copy of the ballot to the secretary of state and shall send b…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.566 Official primary ballots; posting for public inspection.
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Sec. 566. The official primary ballots shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the office of the county, city, village or township clerk, as the case may be, for public inspection at least 3 days prior to distribution for use at the primary election.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.567 Official primary ballots; errors, correction by board of election commissioners.
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Sec. 567. The boards of election commissioners shall correct such errors as may be found in said ballots, and a copy of such corrected ballots shall be sent to the secretary of state by the county clerk.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.568 Official primary election ballots; form; order and title of offices.
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Sec. 568. (1) The official primary election ballots shall be prepared in a form prescribed by the secretary of state based upon the voting equipment being used in each county. (2) The order of the offices on the ballot shall be the same, as near as may be, as is required by law i…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.569 Official primary ballots; numbering; separation of columns.
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Sec. 569. The ballots for each election district shall be numbered consecutively in the manner provided for the preparation of ballots for general election. Said ballot may be in 1 or more columns as may be determined by the board of election commissioners preparing the same. If …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.569a Rotation of names; manner; effect of using absent voter counting board; section applicable to nonpartisan general elections and municipal elections.
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Sec. 569a. (1) In all primary elections, if there are more names under the heading of an office than there are candidates to be nominated and the same office appears in more than 1 precinct, the names shall be rotated in the following manner: In printing each set of ballots for t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.57 Gubernatorial candidates; nominees, certification.
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Sec. 57. The candidate of each political party for the office of governor receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates for said office, as set forth in the report of the board of state canvassers based on the returns from the various boards of county canvassers, or …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.570 Paper ballots; numbering; identification; function of and requirements for detachable stub; distribution of ballots; form.
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Sec. 570. Except for ballots used at an early voting site that are produced by an on-demand ballot printing system, absent voter ballots issued to individuals who register to vote or who update a voter registration at a clerk's office on election day as provided under section 761…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.570a Official primary ballot; candidates for township offices; party qualification.
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Sec. 570a. The official primary ballot shall include candidates for township offices. Township offices and candidates shall follow state and county offices and candidates. Parties qualified to appear on the primary ballot for state and county offices and no others are qualified t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.572 Official primary ballots; provision for write-in votes.
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Sec. 572. The ballots shall be prepared in such manner that the electors of each political party may write, print or paste the name of a candidate thereon.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.573 Official primary ballots; packaging, seal, certification.
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Sec. 573. The ballots of each kind for each election precinct shall be wrapped and secured in 2 separate packages. Each package shall be securely sealed with a red paper seal furnished by the secretary of state and shall bear on its wrapper the name and number of the precinct and…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.574 Primary election; board of primary election inspectors, membership.
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Sec. 574. Each primary election shall be presided over by a board of primary election inspectors, which board shall be composed of the members of the board of election inspectors as provided in section 674 of this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.575 Primary elections; furnishing ballots to electors.
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Sec. 575. After the polls are opened at a primary election, any elector who is legally registered and qualified shall, before entering the booth or voting compartment, be furnished a party ballot, together with any other ballot or ballots to be voted at that primary election.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.576 Marking ballot; voting for person not on ballot; effect of voting more than 1 party ticket; section subject to MCL 168.736a.
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Sec. 576. (1) An elector, after having received a ballot or ballots, shall enter a booth or voting compartment and, while there concealed from view, shall vote the ballot or ballots by making a cross or a check mark in the square at the left of the names of those candidates for w…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.576a Primary elections; electors, number of votes.
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Sec. 576a. In all partisan and nonpartisan primary elections, the voter shall be entitled to vote for a number of candidates for each office equal to the number of persons to be elected for that office.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.577 Primary elections; electors, folding and delivery of ballots.
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Sec. 577. The elector shall then fold the ballot so that the perforated corner bearing the number and identification shall be on the outside, and shall present it to the proper member of the board of inspectors, who shall tear off the corner bearing the number and shall deposit t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.578 Primary elections; poll list, comparison of ballot number.
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Sec. 578. When a duly registered and qualified elector shall ask for a ballot as before provided, the inspector shall enter his name upon the poll list, and the number of the ballot given to the elector. The inspector receiving the ballot after the same has been voted shall, befo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.579 Primary elections; electors; exposure of ballot; rejection; applicability of section under MCL 168.736a.
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Sec. 579. If an elector, after marking his or her ballot, exposes it to any person in a manner likely to reveal the name of any candidate for whom the elector voted, the board of election inspectors shall reject the ballot and the elector shall forfeit the right to vote at the pr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.58 Gubernatorial candidates; withdrawal after nomination.
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Sec. 58. When a candidate of any political party for the office of governor has filed a nominating petition 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 state, or has become physically u…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.580 Counting ballots; candidates considered to have received votes; rejection of ballot.
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Sec. 580. In counting the ballots after the closing of the polls, only those candidates having crosses or check marks marked in the squares to the left of their names shall be considered to have received votes, and any ballot upon which more votes have been recorded for candidate…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.581 Primary elections; canvass of returns and declaration of results.
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Sec. 581. (1) The returns of a primary election must be canvassed and the results declared in the same manner and within the same time after the primary election and by the same officers as provided for general elections. For a primary election for the nomination of a candidate f…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.582 Person voted for on party ballot whose name is not printed on ballot and who has not filed nominating petition; votes required for nomination.
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Sec. 582. A person who is voted for on a party ballot for a state, district, township, county, city, or ward office or for the office of United States senator or representative in Congress whose name is not printed on the ballot and who has not filed a nominating petition for the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.583 Primary election day; service of civil process on electors prohibited.
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Sec. 583. During the day on which any primary election shall be held, pursuant to the provisions of law, no civil process shall be served on any elector entitled to vote at such primary election.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.584 Voting machines authorized in primaries.
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Sec. 584. At all state, county, city, village and township primaries, ballots or votes may be cast, registered, recorded or counted by means of voting machines as hereinafter provided.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.585 Primary elections; use of voting machines; supplementary ballots.
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Sec. 585. Any voting machine which is by law authorized to be used at a general election may, by the order of the board of supervisors of any county, the legislative body of any city, the township board of any township, or the village council of any village, be purchased and used…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.586 Provisions applicable to use of voting machines; appearance of names of candidates; determination of feasibility.
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Sec. 586. The provisions relative to the use of voting machines at general elections shall apply, as near as may be, to the use of voting machines at primary elections. The names of all candidates of each political party, where feasible, shall appear on a single row of the voting…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.587 Primary elections; voting machines, straight ticket and excess voting prevented.
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Sec. 587. Whenever a voting machine is used in a primary election, the party levers or bars, if any, shall be locked against voting so as to prevent straight ticket voting, and the machine shall be properly arranged so that the elector may vote for as many candidates for each off…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.588 Primary elections; voting machines, number in precinct.
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Sec. 588. More than 1 voting machine may be used in a precinct.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.59 Gubernatorial candidates; death, withdrawal or disqualification; new candidate, selection, certification; ballots.
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Sec. 59. When the candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to the office of governor, shall die, withdraw as provided in section 58 of this act, remove from the state, or become disqualified for any reason, the state central committee of such party shall meet f…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590 Qualifying petition; filing; filing fee in lieu of petition prohibited; qualifications.
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Sec. 590. (1) For the purposes of this act, "qualifying petition" means a nominating petition required of and filed by a person to qualify to appear on an election ballot as a candidate for office without political party affiliation. (2) A person may file a qualifying petition fo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590a Qualifying petition; form, size, and contents; circulation on countywide basis.
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Sec. 590a. (1) The form, size, and contents of a qualifying petition shall be prescribed by the secretary of state and in substantially the same form as provided in section 590h. (2) A qualifying petition for the office of president of the United States, United States senator, re…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590b Qualifying petition; signatures; time.
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Sec. 590b. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and subject to the requirements prescribed in subsections (3) and (4), a qualifying petition for an office shall be signed by a number of qualified and registered electors of the district that is represented by the office being …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590c Qualifying petition; filing; time; filing notice of withdrawal.
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Sec. 590c. (1) A qualifying petition for an office shall be filed with the filing officer authorized to receive a partisan nominating petition or a certificate of nomination for that office. (2) A qualifying petition for an office elected at the general November election shall be…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590d Filing name of person to appear on ballot as candidate for lieutenant governor; form; qualification; noncompliance; filing name of person to appear on ballot as candidate for vice-president; qualifications and number of presidential electors; form; noncompliance.
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Sec. 590d. (1) Not later than 66 days before the general November election, a candidate without political party affiliation for the office of governor shall file with the secretary of state the name of the person who shall appear on the ballot as candidate for lieutenant governor…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590e Providing blank qualifying petition forms.
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Sec. 590e. Upon request, a county, city, township, or village clerk shall provide blank qualifying petition forms to a person who wishes to appear as a candidate on a ballot in the clerk's jurisdiction as a candidate without political party affiliation. A county clerk is the only…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590f Applicability of certain provisions; canvass; hearing; certification.
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Sec. 590f. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), sections 544c, 545, 552, 553, 555, 556, and 558 are applicable to a qualifying petition, a person filing a qualifying petition, and an officer receiving a qualifying petition. (2) The board of state canvassers shall ca…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590g Person filing qualifying petition; restrictions; selecting single office to which candidacy restricted; failure to make selection.
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Sec. 590g. (1) A person who files a qualifying petition shall not file a partisan nominating petition or filing fee, and shall not be nominated as a candidate by write-in vote or by a political party convention, caucus, or committee, for an office to be elected at the election fo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590h Qualifying petition; size; type size; form; reference to political party prohibited; prohibited conduct; violations; misdemeanor; felony; penalties.
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Sec. 590h. (1) A qualifying petition for a candidate without political party affiliation must be the same size and printed in the same type sizes as required in section 544c. The petition must be in the following form: QUALIFYING PETITION (CANDIDATE WITHOUT PARTY AFFILIATION) We,…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.591 Commencement of state convention in even numbered years; date, time, and location; issuance of calls.
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Sec. 591. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and section 532, the state convention of all political parties for the nomination of candidates for state offices in the even numbered years shall commence not less than 60 days before the general November election. The date, tim…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.592 County conventions in even numbered years; purpose; time; designation of date, place, and hour of meeting; issuance of call; number of delegates; counties having 2 or more congressional districts; committee; temporary chairperson; organization; election and certification of delegates.
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Sec. 592. (1) Except as provided in section 532, the county conventions of all political parties for the election of delegates to a state convention for the nomination of state officers in the even numbered years shall be held not less than 8 days nor more than 25 days after the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.593 State conventions in odd years; time, issuance of calls; apportionment of delegates among counties.
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Sec. 593. A state convention of all political parties shall be held not less than 37 days before the first Monday of April in every odd numbered year. The state central committee of each political party shall cause to be forwarded by mail to the chairman of the county committee o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.594 County convention in odd years; time and place, issuance of call; election of delegates to state convention; congressional district conventions, committee, temporary chairman, election of delegates, certification.
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Sec. 594. The county conventions of all political parties for the election of delegates to a state convention in the odd numbered years shall be held not less than 7 days before said state convention. All such county conventions of any one political party shall be held on the sam…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.595 Delegates to state conventions; apportionment to wards, precincts, townships or districts; basis.
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Sec. 595. At the time of issuing the call for the county convention of any political party for the election of delegates to a state convention, the county committee of each political party shall apportion to the various wards (or to the precincts, in case delegates to the county …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.595a Delegates to state convention; legislators as delegates at large, alternates, vote.
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Sec. 595a. In addition to the delegates to the state convention of any political party as provided by section 595, all incumbent members of the state legislature shall be entitled to attend the convention of their political party as delegates at large of the county in which they …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.596 Fall conventions and spring conventions; definition.
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Sec. 596. The state convention held for the purpose of nominating candidates for state offices to be voted for at the November election shall be known as the "fall" state convention and the county convention held for the purpose of electing delegates to the fall state convention …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.597 State central committee; members, officers, term of service.
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Sec. 597. At its spring state convention in each odd numbered year, each political party shall select a state central committee as herein provided, which committee shall consist of 2 men and 2 women from each congressional district. The state convention shall select a chairman an…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.598 State central committee; forwarding copy of call for fall state convention; apportionment of delegates; allocation of additional delegates.
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Sec. 598. (1) The state central committee of each political party shall, at least 60 days before the August primary, forward by mail to the chairperson of each county committee of the political party a copy of the call for the fall state convention of the political party, showing…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.599 Executive committee; selection by delegates to fall county convention in county with population of less than 1,500,000; replacement of former nominee; vacancy; appointment of officers; certification of names and addresses; temporary officers; proxy; county committee; delegates at large; vacancy in district delegation.
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Sec. 599. (1) In the year 1966 and every second year thereafter, the delegates to the fall county convention of each political party in each county in this state having a population of less than 1,500,000, shall convene at the call of the county chairperson within 20 days followi…