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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.1 Short title; Michigan election law.
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Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan election law".
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.10 "Qualified elector" defined.
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Sec. 10. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the term "qualified elector", as used in this act, means a person who possesses the qualifications of an elector as prescribed in section 1 of article II of the state constitution of 1963 and who has resided in the city or townsh…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.100 United States senator; election.
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Sec. 100. A United States senator shall be elected at the general November election held in the year 1958, and at the general November election every sixth year thereafter. A United States Senator shall be elected at the general November election held in the year 1960 and at the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.101 United States senator; certificate of determination by board of state canvassers.
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Sec. 101. The board of state canvassers shall determine which candidate for United States senator has 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 § 168.102 United States senator; certificate of election by governor.
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Sec. 102. It shall be the duty of the governor, upon the election or appointment of a United States senator, to certify his election or appointment to the president of the senate of the United States. Said certificate shall be under the great seal of the state and countersigned b…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.103 United States senator; term of office.
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Sec. 103. The term of office of a United States senator shall be 6 years, beginning on the third day of January next succeeding his election.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.104 United States senator; resignation, notice.
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Sec. 104. Any person duly elected to the office of United States senator who desires to resign shall file a written notice containing the effective date of such resignation with the governor and a copy with the secretary of state.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.105 United States senator; vacancy; successor, appointment by governor, tenure.
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Sec. 105. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of United States senator, the governor shall appoint, to fill the vacancy, some suitable person having the necessary qualifications for senator. The person so appointed shall hold office from the time of his appointment and q…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.106 United States senator; votes cast at primary or general election subject to recount.
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Sec. 106. The votes cast for a candidate for nomination or election to the office of United States senator at a primary or general election shall be subject to recount as provided in chapter 33.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.107 United States senator; vacancy, creation.
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Sec. 107. The office of United States senator shall become vacant on the happening of any of the following events before the expiration of the term of such office: The death of the incumbent; his resignation; his removal from office; the decision of a competent tribunal declaring…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.108 United States senator; removal from office.
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Sec. 108. Any United States senator may be removed from office as provided in section 5 of article 1 of the United States constitution.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.109 United States senator; contested election; restraining order of supreme court.
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Sec. 109. Whenever the election of a United States senator is contested before the United States senate, or notice of a contested election for United States senator may be given, or whenever any judicial proceeding may be instituted preliminary to a contested election involving t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.11 "Residence" defined.
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Sec. 11. (1) "Residence", as used in this act, for registration and voting purposes means that place at which a person habitually sleeps, keeps his or her personal effects, and has a regular place of lodging. If a person has more than 1 residence, or if a person has a residence s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.110 Contested election; preservation of ballots, application for restraining order by petition; notice, hearing; temporary restraining order pending hearing.
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Sec. 110. Application for such restraining order may be made by any candidate for such office and shall be made by petition duly verified under oath setting up the material facts relative to the election and the election contest involved. Such petition shall be heard in open cour…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.111 Contested election; service of restraining order, method.
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Sec. 111. Service of any restraining order may be made personally, as in the case of the service of other process of said court, or such service may be made by registered or certified mail. In cases of emergency, notice of the issuance of a restraining order may be given to the o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.112 Contested election; permanent restraining order, delivery of ballot boxes to custody of county clerk.
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Sec. 112. On being served with a copy of a permanent restraining order issued by said court, it shall be the duty of all officers having the custody of ballot boxes containing ballots cast at said election for said office forthwith to deliver the same to the county clerks of the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.113 Contested election; commissioners, appointment, packaging of ballots.
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Sec. 113. Upon issuing a permanent restraining order as herein provided, the supreme court shall name 3 commissioners, who shall proceed to the offices of the several county clerks as soon as may be, open said ballot boxes, remove the ballots therefrom and place them in packages …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.114 Contested election; commissioners, redeposit of ballots with county clerk, statement.
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Sec. 114. Such packages shall be sealed by said commissioners and redeposited with said county clerks, and it shall be the duty of said county clerks to again place said packages of ballots in some secure place pending the further order of the court. It shall also be the duty of …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.115 Contested election; removal of ballots by commissioners, notice.
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Sec. 115. The commissioners, as herein provided for, shall give public notice of the time when they will appear at each county seat for the purpose of removing the ballots from the ballot boxes, as herein provided, and such removal shall be publicly made in the presence of the co…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.116 Contested election; removal of ballots, representation of candidate.
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Sec. 116. It shall be the right of each candidate to the office of United States senator at such election to be present in person at such removal, or to be represented thereat.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.117 Contested election; commissioners, compensation.
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Sec. 117. The compensation of the commissioners herein provided for shall be fixed by the supreme court and such court shall allow such traveling and personal expenses of such commissioners as it may deem proper. All allowances to commissioners shall be taxed by the court as cost…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.118 Contested election; violation of restraining order, penalty.
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Sec. 118. Any person who shall violate the terms of any such restraining order shall be in contempt of court and shall, in addition to such penalty as may be imposed thereby, be liable to a fine of $1,000.00.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.119 Contested election; application for restraining order to circuit court, authority of court.
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Sec. 119. Instead of filing the petition for relief provided for in this act with the supreme court of the state of Michigan, application may be made in like manner to the circuit court for the county of Ingham, and when application is so made such court shall have full jurisdict…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.120 Contested elections; purpose of act.
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Sec. 120. It is the intention of this act to furnish a speedy and effective means for the preservation of evidence of the intention of voters in the case of elections to the office of United States senator. It is remedial in character and shall be construed in such manner as full…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.13 Time limits; extension due to holiday, exception.
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Sec. 13. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, and except as otherwise provided under subsection (2), anything required by this act to be done by a day certain, if that day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, may be done within the same tim…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.131 Representative in Congress; eligibility.
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Sec. 131. A person shall not be a Representative in Congress unless the person has attained the age of 25 years and been a citizen of the United States for 7 years, and is, when elected, an inhabitant of that state in which he or she shall be chosen, as provided in section 2 of a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.132 Candidates for representative in congress; nomination at primary.
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Sec. 132. 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, at which time the qualified and registered electors of each politic…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.133 Candidate for representative in congress; nominating petition; signatures; filing; form.
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Sec. 133. In order for the name of a person as a candidate for nomination by a political party for the office of representative in congress to appear under a particular party heading on the official primary ballot in the election precincts of a congressional district, a nominatin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.134 Candidates for nomination; withdrawal, notice.
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Sec. 134. After the filing of a nominating petition by or in behalf of a proposed candidate for representative in congress, such candidate shall not be permitted to withdraw unless a written notice of withdrawal is served on the official with whom the petition was filed or his du…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.135 Candidate for representative in congress; death; selection of candidate to fill vacancy; ballots.
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Sec. 135. If a candidate of a political party for the office of representative in congress, after having qualified as a candidate, dies after the last day for qualifying, leaving the political party without a candidate for the office of representative in congress, a candidate to …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.136 Candidate for representative in congress; write-in.
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Sec. 136. If for any reason there is no candidate of a political party for the office of representative in congress, 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 fo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.137 Candidates for representative in congress; nomination, certification.
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Sec. 137. The candidate of each political party for the office of representative in congress 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 co…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.138 Candidates; withdrawal after nomination.
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Sec. 138. 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 § 168.139 Candidates for representative in congress; death, withdrawal or disqualification; selection of new candidate, certification; ballots.
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Sec. 139. When a candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to the office of representative in congress, shall die, withdraw as provided in this chapter, remove from the state or become disqualified for any reason, a candidate to fill such vacancy shall be chosen…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.14 Locked and sealed; definition.
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Sec. 14. The term "locked and sealed", or terms of similar import, when used in this act to refer to locking and sealing of ballot boxes means sealed with a numbered flat metal seal furnished by the election commission and do not mean that a padlock is required.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.140 Representative in congress; election.
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Sec. 140. A representative in congress in each congressional district shall be elected at each general November election.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.141 Representative in congress; certificate of determination by board of state canvassers.
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Sec. 141. The board of state canvassers shall determine which candidate has 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 certificate of such determination…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.142 Representative in congress; certificate of election.
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Sec. 142. 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 person thereby declared to be elected a cert…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.143 Representative in congress; term of office.
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Sec. 143. The term of office of a representative in congress shall be 2 years beginning on the third day of January next following his election.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.144 Representative in congress; resignation, notice.
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Sec. 144. Any person duly elected to the office of representative in congress who desires to resign shall file a written notice containing the effective date of such resignation with the governor and a copy with the secretary of state.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.145 Representative in congress; vacancy, special election.
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Sec. 145. The governor shall call a special election as provided in section 633 of this act, in any congressional district of the state when the right of office of a person elected representative in congress shall cease before the commencement of the term of service for which he …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.146 Representative in congress; vacancy, creation.
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Sec. 146. The office of representative in congress shall become vacant on the happening of any of the following events before the expiration of the term of such office: The death of the incumbent; his resignation; his removal from office; the decision of a competent tribunal decl…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.147 Representative in congress; removal from office.
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Sec. 147. Any representative in congress may be removed from office as provided in section 5 of article 1 of the United States constitution.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.148 Representative in congress; votes cast at primary or general election subject to recount.
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Sec. 148. The votes cast for a candidate for nomination or election to the office of representative in congress at a primary or general election shall be subject to recount as provided in chapter 33.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.14a “Ballot container” and “metal seal” or “seal” defined.
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Sec. 14a. As used in this act: (a) "Ballot container" means a container that is used for transporting and storing voted ballots, as described and approved under section 24j. (b) "Metal seal" or "seal" means a seal of high tensile strength that is approved by the secretary of stat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.150 Representative in congress; contested election; preservation of ballots; restraining order of circuit court.
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Sec. 150. Whenever a contest for the office of congressman is in progress before the house of representatives involving the right to a seat in said house from any of the congressional districts of Michigan, and it shall be made to appear to any circuit court in the state of Michi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.151 Contested election; application for restraining order by petition; notice, hearing.
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Sec. 151. Said application shall be made by sworn petition setting up the material facts touching the election and the election contest involved. It may be heard in chambers or in open court, in the discretion of the court, and it shall be heard upon such notice as will be suffic…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.152 Contested election; service of restraining order, notice.
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Sec. 152. Service of such restraining order may be made either personally, as in the case of ordinary process of said court, or in cases of emergency such service may be made by registered or certified mail. Notice of the issuance of such restraining order may be given to the off…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.153 Contested election; violation of restraining order, penalty.
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Sec. 153. Any officer or any other person who shall violate the terms of any such restraining order shall be in contempt of court and shall, in addition to such penalty as may be imposed thereby, be liable to a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, in the discretion…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.154 Contested election; intent of act.
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Sec. 154. It is the intention of this act to furnish a speedy and effective remedy for the preservation of the evidence of the intention of the voters in the case of elections to the office of representative in congress and, for that purpose, the provisions of this act shall be c…