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MI Comp L § 168.616a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXV - Chapter XXV Delegates, Conventions and Party Committees (168.591...168.620a)|Section 168.616a - Canvass of Returns; Certification of Results; Release of Ballots, Ballot Boxes, Voting Machines, and Equipment.

168.616a Canvass of returns; certification of results; release of ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and equipment.Sec. 616a.  (1) The board of state canvassers shall canvass the returns received from the boards of county canvassers and certify the statewide and congressional district results of the presidential primary election to the secretary of state.  (2) The secretary of state shall certify the statewide and congressional district results of the presidential primary election to the chairperson of the state central committee of each participating political party.  (3) Notwithstanding sections 831 and 847 or an administrative rule promulgated pursuant to section 794c, after the canvass by the board of state canvassers under subsection (1), the secretary of state may authorize the immediate release of all ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and equipment used in each precinct of a city that conducts a city election in the first week of April if both of the following requirements are met:  (a) The county clerk certifies that no defect in or mechanical malfunction of a voting machine, voting device, ballot, or other election equipment or material was discovered or alleged before the date of the completion of the state canvass.  (b) The county clerk certifies that no other election for offices or questions appeared on the same election equipment used in the precinct for the presidential primary election. History: Add. 1988, Act 275, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988 Compiler's Notes: See Green Party of Michigan, et al v Terri Lynn Land, case no. 08-10149, March 26, 2008.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.617 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXV - Chapter XXV Delegates, Conventions and Party Committees (168.591...168.620a)|Section 168.617 - Repealed. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976.

168.617 Repealed. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to county conventions.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.618 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXV - Chapter XXV Delegates, Conventions and Party Committees (168.591...168.620a)|Section 168.618 - Allocation of Delegates to National Convention; Qualifications of Delegates; Selection Procedures.

168.618 Allocation of delegates to national convention; qualifications of delegates; selection procedures.Sec. 618.  The allocation of all delegates and alternates to a national convention shall be made by the state central committee of each party. All delegates shall be registered electors of this state. Delegates elected from congressional districts shall be registered electors of those districts. All national convention delegates shall be chosen according to procedures and any other qualifications as may be established by the state central committee of that political party. The procedures and qualifications may include, but are not necessarily limited to guarantees that discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, or economic status does not occur. History: Add. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 Compiler's Notes: See Green Party of Michigan, et al v Terri Lynn Land, case no. 08-10149, March 26, 2008.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.620 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXV - Chapter XXV Delegates, Conventions and Party Committees (168.591...168.620a)|Section 168.620 - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

168.620 Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to rules, procedures, allocation, and qualification of delegates.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.620a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXV - Chapter XXV Delegates, Conventions and Party Committees (168.591...168.620a)|Section 168.620a - Law Applicable to Selection of Delegates; State or National Political Party Rule.

168.620a Law applicable to selection of delegates; state or national political party rule.Sec. 620a.  For purposes of this act, a state political party shall follow state law pertaining to the selection of delegates if required to follow state law by a state or national political party rule. If there is no such state or national political party rule, a requirement of this act pertaining to the selection of delegates applicable after the election of delegates to the county convention shall not apply to a political party if that requirement conflicts with a rule of that political party. History: Add. 1988, Act 275, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988 Compiler's Notes: See Green Party of Michigan, et al v Terri Lynn Land, case no. 08-10149, March 26, 2008.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.621 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.621 - Party Convention Delegates; Nomination.

168.621 Party convention delegates; nomination. Sec. 621.  In all counties the provisions of this chapter shall be in force and effect and the nomination of all candidates of all political parties for delegates to county conventions shall be conducted as herein provided. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 124, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1956 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 236, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1964 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.622 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.622 - County Conventions; Time and Place; Election and Duties of Chairperson; Vacancies; Rules and Regulations.

168.622 County conventions; time and place; election and duties of chairperson; vacancies; rules and regulations. Sec. 622.  The county conventions of each political party shall be held at the time and place that the county committee of each political party, through its chairperson, designates. County conventions at which delegates to a state convention are to be selected shall be held only at the times designated by the state central committee of the political party. The convention shall be called to order by the chairperson of the county committee of each political party. The chairperson shall act as temporary chairperson until the delegates elect a permanent chairperson. A permanent chairperson shall be elected before any other business is transacted. The election of a permanent chairperson shall be conducted as provided in this section. The chairperson of the county committee shall cause to be read the list of elected delegates and delegates at large under section 599(5) for the convention furnished to the chairperson by the county clerk under section 608. However, before reading the list, the chairperson of the county committee shall delete from the list the names of delegates that have been certified by the county clerk as disqualified under section 624a and shall add to the list the names of delegates elected to fill a vacancy for the balance of an unexpired term under this section, if any. When the name of each delegate on the list is called, the delegate shall state his or her choice for permanent chairperson. The person receiving a majority of the votes of the delegates present shall become permanent chairperson. The convention may fill any vacancy occurring in any delegation to a county convention by a majority vote of the delegates present. However, a vacancy shall not be filled by any person not a qualified, registered elector residing in the precinct in which the vacancy occurs. The convention shall prescribe the rules and regulations for the conduct of its affairs. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 116 of 1988 provides:“If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances shall be found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act which can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.623 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.623 - Repealed. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972.

168.623 Repealed. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the election of delegates to fall county conventions.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.624b, 168.624c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.624b, 168.624c - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

168.624b, 168.624c Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983. Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to including name of presidential candidate in nominating petition and to filing or withdrawal of candidate for delegate.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.624d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.624d - Filling Vacancies in Precincts.

168.624d Filling vacancies in precincts. Sec. 624d.  Vacancies in precincts resulting from the death of a delegate, the written resignation of a delegate to the chairperson of the county committee, the removal of a delegate's residence from the precinct, or any other reason may be filled for the balance of the unexpired term by a majority vote at the county convention of the delegates elected and serving. A delegate vacancy shall be filled by a registered elector of the precinct in which the vacancy occurs. History: Add. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 116 of 1988 provides:“If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances shall be found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act which can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.624e (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.624e - Expired. 1972, Act 185, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

168.624e Expired. 1972, Act 185, Eff. Jan. 1, 1973. Compiler's Notes: The expired section pertained to reimbursement of costs of presidential primary election.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.624f (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.624f - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

168.624f Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to reimbursement of costs of conducting presidential primary election.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.624g (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.624g - Cost of Conducting Presidential Primary Election; Reimbursement; Payment Upon Presentation and Approval of Verified Account; Excluded Costs; Appropriation; Qualification for Reimbursement; Payment or Disapproval of Verified Account.

168.624g Cost of conducting presidential primary election; reimbursement; payment upon presentation and approval of verified account; excluded costs; appropriation; qualification for reimbursement; payment or disapproval of verified account.Sec. 624g.  (1) The state shall reimburse each county, city, and township for the cost of conducting a presidential primary election. The reimbursement must not exceed the verified account of actual costs of the election.  (2) Payment must be made upon presentation and approval of a verified account of actual costs to the department of treasury, local government audit division, after the department of treasury and the secretary of state agree as to what constitutes valid costs of conducting an election. Reimbursable costs do not include salaries of permanent local officials, the cost of reusable supplies and equipment, or costs attributable to local special elections held in conjunction with the presidential primary. The state shall disapprove costs not in compliance with this section.  (3) The legislature shall appropriate from the general fund of this state an amount necessary to implement this section.  (4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, to qualify for reimbursement, a county, city, or township must submit its verified account of actual costs no later than 90 days after the date of the presidential primary. To qualify for reimbursement for the March 10, 2020 presidential primary, a county, city, or township must submit its verified account of actual costs no later than September 30, 2020.  (5) Not later than 90 days after the state receives a verified account of actual costs, the state shall pay or disapprove the verified account. History: Add. 1988, Act 275, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2020 Compiler's Notes: See Green Party of Michigan, et al v Terri Lynn Land, case no. 08-10149, March 26, 2008.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.625 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.625 - Voting Delegate Ballot; Returns; Notice; Furnishing Names and Addresses of Delegates to County Convention; Tie Vote; Determination of Successful Candidate; Determining if Candidate Is Registered Elector.

168.625 Voting delegate ballot; returns; notice; furnishing names and addresses of delegates to county convention; tie vote; determination of successful candidate; determining if candidate is registered elector.Sec. 625.  A delegate ballot must be voted in the same manner as ballots bearing the names of the candidates for other county offices. The returns must be made direct to the county clerk, who shall canvass the ballots and immediately notify the successful candidates by first-class mail at the address given in their affidavit of identity. The county clerk shall, at the same time, furnish the chairperson of the county committee of each political party with the names and addresses of the delegates to the county convention of the chairperson's political party as required in section 608. However, in case of a tie vote between the candidates for delegate in any precinct, the county clerk shall notify the candidates to appear in his or her office at a specified time, and the successful candidate must be determined by drawing in a manner similar to that provided in section 851. If a candidate is elected whose name is not printed on the ballots, the county clerk shall determine if the candidate is a registered elector in that precinct. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 611, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 116 of 1988 provides:“If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances shall be found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act which can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.626 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Delegates—referendum (168.621...168.626)|Section 168.626 - Ballots; Preparation; Consecutive Numbering; Contents; Paper; Printing; Rotation of Names Prohibited; Delivery; Distribution; Time; Voting Machines.

168.626 Ballots; preparation; consecutive numbering; contents; paper; printing; rotation of names prohibited; delivery; distribution; time; voting machines. Sec. 626.  The board of county election commissioners shall prepare separate ballots for each of the several political parties for each election precinct in the county. The ballots shall be numbered consecutively and shall set forth the names of the candidates for delegates who have filed affidavits of identity with the county, city, or township clerk under section 624. The ballot shall be prepared in such a manner that the electors of each political party may write, print, or paste the name of a candidate for delegate on the ballot. The delegate ballot at a partisan primary shall consist of 1 sheet of 70-pound white book paper, machine finished or equivalent, with 1 of the political party tickets printed on each side of the ballot. The names on the delegate ballot shall not be rotated. The ballots shall be delivered to the county clerk for distribution to the election precincts at least 10 days before the primary election. However, if there is located within a county, subject to the provisions of this chapter, 1 or more cities or townships, or parts of cities or townships, in which voting machines are used, the board of county election commissioners may, in its discretion, dispense with the preparation of ballots for the election of delegates to the county convention of the several political parties and provide for their election upon the voting machines. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 116 of 1988 provides:“If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances shall be found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act which can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.631 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVII - Chapter XXVII Special Primaries and Elections (168.631... 168.640)|Section 168.631 - Special Primary Election; Time.

168.631 Special primary election; time.Sec. 631.  If a special election is called to fill a vacancy in any office, the candidates for which are regularly nominated in accordance with the provisions of this act relating to primary nominations, a special primary for all political parties must be held in the county, district, or city in which the vacancy occurs on a day as may, subject to section 641(3), be fixed by the official or legislative body calling the special election, but not less than 45 days before the date of the special election. The official or legislative body calling a special primary shall, in the call for the special primary, fix the time within which candidates may file nominating petitions. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.632 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVII - Chapter XXVII Special Primaries and Elections (168.631... 168.640)|Section 168.632 - Special Elections; in Absence of Choice for Representative in Congress.

168.632 Special elections; in absence of choice for representative in congress. Sec. 632.  The governor shall call a special election in any congressional district of the state in which there has been no choice for a representative in congress at the general November election, or he shall direct that in such case the office shall be filled at the next general election. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.633 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVII - Chapter XXVII Special Primaries and Elections (168.631... 168.640)|Section 168.633 - Special Elections; Vacancy in Office of Representative in Congress.

168.633 Special elections; vacancy in office of representative in congress. Sec. 633.  The governor shall call a special election 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 shall have been elected, or whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of representative in congress after the term of service has begun for which such representative was elected; or the governor shall direct that such vacancy shall be filled at the next general election to be held at least 30 days after such vacancy shall occur. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code