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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.944 False designation of incumbency; misdemeanor.
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Sec. 944. Any person who advertises or uses in any campaign material, including radio, television, newspapers, circulars, cards, or stationery, the words incumbent, re-elect, re-election, or otherwise indicates, represents, or gives the impression that a candidate for public offi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.945 Inducing improper applications to vote as absentee voter; misdemeanor.
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Sec. 945. Any person who induces or attempts to induce another to make an application to vote as an absent voter, knowing that the person is not qualified to so vote is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in section 934.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.95 Candidate for United States senator; death; selection of candidate to fill vacancy; ballots.
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Sec. 95. If a candidate of a political party for the office of United States senator, after having qualified as a candidate, dies after the last day for qualifying, leaving the political party without a candidate for the office of United States senator, a candidate to fill the va…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.951 Officers subject to recall; time for filing recall petition; performance of duties until result of recall election certified.
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Sec. 951. (1) Each elective officer, except a judicial officer, is subject to recall by the voters of the electoral district in which the officer is elected as provided in this chapter. If an officer's term of office is 2 years or less, a recall petition shall not be filed agains…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.951a Recall petition under MCL 168.959; requirements; submission to board of state canvassers; determination that reason for recall is factual and of sufficient clarity; notice; meeting; presentation of arguments; appeal; validity of petition.
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Sec. 951a. (1) A petition for the recall of an officer listed in section 959 must meet all of the following requirements: (a) Comply with section 544c(1) and (2). (b) Be printed. (c) State factually and clearly each reason for the recall. Each reason for the recall must be based …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.952 Recall petition under MCL 168.960; requirements; submission to board of county election commissioners; determination that reason for recall is factual and of sufficient clarity; notice; meeting; presentation of arguments; appeal; validity of petition.
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Sec. 952. (1) A petition for the recall of an officer listed in section 960 must meet all of the following requirements: (a) Comply with section 544c(1) and (2). (b) Be printed. (c) State factually and clearly each reason for the recall. Each reason for the recall must be based u…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.952a Recall petitions; blank forms; substantial compliance.
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Sec. 952a. The county clerk shall retain blank forms of recall petitions for use by the electors in the county. A person may print his or her own recall petitions if those petitions comply substantially with the form prescribed by the secretary of state and the requirements of se…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.952b Recall petition; time for submission to board of state canvassers or board of county election commissioners.
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Sec. 952b. A petition for the recall of an officer shall not be submitted to the board of state canvassers under section 951a or the board of county election commissioners under section 952 to determine if the petition is factual and of sufficient clarity until the officer has ac…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.954 Recall petitions; eligibility of signers; prohibited conduct; violations; misdemeanor; felony; penalties.
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Sec. 954. (1) A recall petition must be signed by registered and qualified electors of the electoral district of the official whose recall is sought. Each signer of a recall petition shall affix his or her signature, address, and the date of signing. An individual who signs a rec…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.955 Recall petition; number of signatures; certification.
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Sec. 955. The petitions shall be signed by registered and qualified electors equal to not less than 25% of the number of votes cast for candidates for the office of governor at the last preceding general election in the electoral district of the officer sought to be recalled. Upo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.957 Recall petition; certificate of circulator; false statement; misdemeanor.
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Sec. 957. (1) A person circulating a recall petition shall state in the certificate of circulator his or her residence address and that he or she is 18 years of age or older and a United States citizen. In addition, the certificate of circulator must indicate all of the following…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.958 Recall petition sheet; signature of qualified and registered electors; location for signing; signature of person not qualified and registered elector.
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Sec. 958. A petition sheet shall contain only the signatures of qualified and registered electors of the city or township listed in its heading. For recall of a village officer the petition shall be signed by qualified and registered electors of the village. A qualified and regis…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.958a Separate petitions required.
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Sec. 958a. A separate petition shall be circulated for each officer sought to be recalled.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.959 Recall of senators, representatives, elective state officers, county officials, or secretary of state; filing petitions.
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Sec. 959. Petitions demanding the recall of United States senators, members of congress, state senators and representatives in the state legislature, elective state officers except the secretary of state, and county officials except county commissioners, shall be filed with the s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.96 Candidate for United States senator; write-in.
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Sec. 96. If for any reason there is no candidate of a political party for the office of United States senator, 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…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.960 Recall of elective county commissioner or township, city, village, or school official; recall of elective district library board member; filing petition; recall of elective metropolitan district officer.
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Sec. 960. (1) A petition demanding the recall of an elective county commissioner or township, city, village, or school official shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the largest portion of the registered voters in the electoral district reside. (2) A petitio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.961 Recall petition; filing; receipt; duties of filing official; duties of city or township clerk; certificate; duties of village clerk; use of qualified voter file.
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Sec. 961. (1) A recall petition shall be filed with the filing officer provided in section 959 or 960. The filing official shall give a receipt showing the date of filing, the number of recall petition sheets filed, and the number of signatures claimed by the filer. This shall co…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.961a Notice to officer whose recall is sought; challenge; checking signatures; verifying challenged signature; use of qualified voter file.
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Sec. 961a. (1) Not later than the business day following the filing of a recall petition, the official with whom the recall was filed shall notify in writing the officer whose recall is sought that the recall petition has been filed. (2) An officer whose recall is sought may chal…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.963 Sufficiency or insufficiency of recall petition; determination; notice; recall election; recall primary election; special recall election.
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Sec. 963. (1) Within 35 days after the filing of the recall petition, the filing official with whom the recall petition is filed shall make an official declaration of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the recall petition. If the recall petition is determined to be insufficient,…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.965 Recall of officer with election duties; appointment of impartial public officer.
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Sec. 965. In the event that a petition for the recall of an officer having duties to perform in connection with the election on such question is filed, the official with whom the petition is filed shall appoint some other impartial public officer having knowledge of the election …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.967 Recall elections; payment of expenses.
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Sec. 967. The expenses of a special recall election, a recall primary election, a recall general election, or a recall election shall be payable in the same manner as are the costs of a regular election to fill the office in question.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.968 Canvass of recall election.
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Sec. 968. If a recall petition is filed under section 960, the board of county canvassers in the county where the recall petition is filed shall conduct the canvass of the recall election. The canvass of other recall elections, including a special recall election as provided unde…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.969 Further recall petition; filing.
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Sec. 969. After filing a recall petition and after a recall election, a recall general election, or special recall election under this chapter, no further recall petition shall be filed against the same incumbent of that office during the term for which he or she is elected.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.97 Candidates; nomination, certification.
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Sec. 97. The candidate of each political party for the office of United States senator 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 c…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.970a Applicability of MCL 168.970b to 168.970g.
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Sec. 970a. Sections 970b to 970g apply to the recall primary election and recall general election for an office listed in section 959.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.970b Incumbent as nominee.
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Sec. 970b. Unless the incumbent declines within 10 days after the filing of a recall petition, the incumbent shall be the nominee of that political party at the recall general election to be held as described in section 970e and that political party shall not conduct a recall pri…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.970c Recall primary election; filing nominating petition or paying fee; incumbent as nominee.
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Sec. 970c. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), for the recall primary election, a political party candidate may qualify for the recall primary election by filing a nominating petition or paying a $100.00 nonrefundable fee with the secretary of state not later than…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.970e Recall primary election; declaration of nominee; candidate without political party affiliation.
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Sec. 970e. Subject to section 970b, the candidate of each political party receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates at the recall primary election as set forth in the report of the board of state canvassers, based on the returns from the various election precinct…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.970g Candidate receiving highest number of votes; election.
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Sec. 970g. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the recall general election is elected for the remainder of the term.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.971a Applicability of MCL 168.971c to 168.975.
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Sec. 971a. Sections 971c to 975 apply to the recall election for an office listed in section 960.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.971c Incumbent deemed to have filed; appearance of name on ballot.
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Sec. 971c. Unless the incumbent declines within 10 days after the filing of a recall petition, the incumbent shall, without filing, be deemed to have filed for the recall election and his or her name shall appear on the recall election ballot.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.972 Nominating and voting for candidate for nonpartisan office; signing and filing nominating petition; signing, contents, and filing of recall petition.
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Sec. 972. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and section 971c, if the recall election involves a nonpartisan office, a candidate for that nonpartisan office shall be nominated and voted for in the recall election by filing a nominating petition or paying a $100.00 nonrefund…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.973a Nominating candidate for partisan office.
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Sec. 973a. (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the recall election involves a partisan office, a political party candidate shall be nominated for that partisan office as follows: (a) If the office is in the office of county commissioner or in a district office within an electoral d…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.975 Candidate deemed elected.
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Sec. 975. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the recall election is elected for the remainder of the term.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.975a Applicability of MCL168.975c to 168.975g; special recall election for office of governor.
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Sec. 975a. Sections 975c to 975g apply to the special recall election for the office of the governor.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.975c Recall of governor; procedure.
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Sec. 975c. The procedure governing the special recall election on the question of the recall of the governor shall be the same, unless otherwise provided in this act, as that by which the governor is elected to office. If the official with whom the recall petition is filed is not…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.975e Recall of governor; statement of reason; condensed statement; justification of conduct in office; submission by governor; printing on special recall election ballot; certain words on ballot prohibited; question.
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Sec. 975e. (1) Each reason for demanding the recall of the governor as set forth in the recall petition shall be printed on the special recall election ballot used at the special recall election in not more than 200 words. If the statement of reason set forth in the petition cont…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.975g Majority of votes in favor of recall; certification of result; replacement of governor.
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Sec. 975g. If the board of state canvassers determines that a majority of the votes are in favor of recall, the board of state canvassers immediately upon the determination shall certify the result to the officer with whom the recall petition was filed. Upon certification, the go…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.976 Recall election; laws governing.
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Sec. 976. The laws relating to nominations and elections shall govern all nominations and elections under this act insofar as is not in conflict herewith.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.977 Appointment of officer who was recalled or resigned prohibited.
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Sec. 977. (1) An officer who is recalled under this chapter shall not be appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office in the electoral district or governmental unit from which the recall was made during the term of office from which the officer was recalled. (2) An officer w…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.98 Candidates; withdrawal after nomination.
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Sec. 98. When a candidate of any political party 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 unfit. No vacancy shall be f…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.99 Candidates; death, withdrawal or disqualification; new candidate, selection, certification; ballots.
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Sec. 99. When the candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to the office of United States senator, shall die, withdraw, remove from the state, or become disqualified for any reason, the state central committee of such party shall meet forthwith and by a majorit…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.991 Repeals.
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Sec. 991. The following sections and acts and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereto, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed, namely: Sections 4, 6, 12 and 13 of chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes of…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.992 Effective date of act.
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Sec. 992. This act shall become effective on June 1, 1955.