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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-VOTING-MACHINES-AT-PRIMARIES - Voting Machines at Primaries (168.584...168.588) › Section 168.587 - Primary Elections; Voting Machines, Straight Ticket and Excess Voting Prevented.

168.587 Primary elections; voting machines, straight ticket and excess voting prevented.
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 office as there are candidates to be nominated to that office and no more.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-VOTING-MACHINES-AT-PRIMARIES - Voting Machines at Primaries (168.584...168.588) › Section 168.588 - Primary Elections; Voting Machines, Number in Precinct.

168.588 Primary elections; voting machines, number in precinct.
Sec. 588.
More than 1 voting machine may be used in a precinct.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIVA - Chapter Xxiva Candidates Without Political Party Affiliation (168.590...168.590h) › Section 168.590 - Qualifying Petition; Filing; Filing Fee in Lieu of Petition Prohibited; Qualifications.

168.590 Qualifying petition; filing; filing fee in lieu of petition prohibited; qualifications.
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 for a partisan office or office of justice of the supreme court. A filing fee shall not be tendered instead of a qualifying petition.
(3) A person filing a qualifying petition shall meet the qualifications prescribed by law to hold the office.
History:
Add. 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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIVA - Chapter Xxiva Candidates Without Political Party Affiliation (168.590...168.590h) › Section 168.590a - Qualifying Petition; Form, Size, and Contents; Circulation on Countywide Basis.

168.590a Qualifying petition; form, size, and contents; circulation on countywide basis.
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, representative in Congress, governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state senator, state representative, state board of education, board of regents of the university of Michigan, board of trustees of Michigan state university, board of governors of Wayne state university, or justice of the supreme court may be circulated on a countywide basis. The form of a qualifying petition that is circulated countywide shall be prescribed by the secretary of state and in substantially the same form as provided in section 590h.
History:
Add. 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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIVA - Chapter Xxiva Candidates Without Political Party Affiliation (168.590...168.590h) › Section 168.590b - Qualifying Petition; Signatures; Time.

168.590b Qualifying petition; signatures; time.
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 sought by the candidate equal to not less than 2% of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for governor in the district at the last election in which a governor was elected. In any case, at least 15 signatures shall be submitted.
(2) Subject to the requirements of subsections (3) and (4), if a qualifying petition is for a statewide elective office, the qualifying petition shall be signed by a number of qualified and registered electors of this state equal to not less than 1% of the total number of votes cast for all candidates for governor at the last election in which a governor was elected.
(3) All signatures on a qualifying petition shall be obtained not more than 180 days immediately before the date of filing under section 590c.
(4) As part of the minimum number of required signatures under this section, a qualifying petition for the office of president of the United States, United States senator, governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state board of education, board of regents of the university of Michigan, board of trustees of Michigan state university, board of governors of Wayne state university, or justice of the supreme court shall be signed by at least 100 registered electors in each of at least 1/2 of the congressional districts of the state.
History:
Add. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 142, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1989 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 329, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1990
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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIVA - Chapter Xxiva Candidates Without Political Party Affiliation (168.590...168.590h) › Section 168.590c - Qualifying Petition; Filing; Time; Filing Notice of Withdrawal.

168.590c Qualifying petition; filing; time; filing notice of withdrawal.
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 filed not later than 4 p.m. of the one hundred-tenth day before the general election. A qualifying petition for an official elected at an election other than the general November election shall be filed not later than the deadline established by statute or charter for filing a partisan petition or certificate of nomination for the office or at least 90 days before that election, whichever is later.
(3) A candidate who files a qualifying petition shall not be permitted to withdraw his or her candidacy unless a written notice of withdrawal is filed with the filing officer who received the petition. The notice shall be filed not later than 4 p.m. of the third day after the last day for filing a qualifying petition.
History:
Add. 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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIVA - Chapter Xxiva Candidates Without Political Party Affiliation (168.590...168.590h) › Section 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.

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.
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 under section 706. This filing shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. A candidate for lieutenant governor shall meet the qualifications of section 51. If a candidate for governor fails to comply with this subsection, the secretary of state shall not certify his or her name for printing on the general November election ballot.
(2) Not later than 66 days before the general November election, a candidate without political party affiliation for the office of president of the United States shall file with the secretary of state the names and addresses of persons chosen to be presidential electors and the name of the person who shall appear on the ballot as candidate for vice-president under section 706. Presidential electors certified under this subsection shall meet the qualifications of section 41. The number of electors chosen shall equal the number of electors permitted by law. This filing shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. If a candidate for president fails to comply with this subsection, the secretary of state shall not certify his or her name for printing on the general November election ballot.
History:
Add. 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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIVA - Chapter Xxiva Candidates Without Political Party Affiliation (168.590...168.590h) › Section 168.590e - Providing Blank Qualifying Petition Forms.

168.590e Providing blank qualifying petition forms.
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 officer required to supply qualifying petition forms for countywide circulation.
History:
Add. 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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIVA - Chapter Xxiva Candidates Without Political Party Affiliation (168.590...168.590h) › Section 168.590f - Applicability of Certain Provisions; Canvass; Hearing; Certification.

168.590f Applicability of certain provisions; canvass; hearing; certification.
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 canvass a qualifying petition filed with the secretary of state and shall make an official declaration of the sufficiency or insufficiency of the qualifying petition at least 60 days before the election. A hearing under this subsection by the board of state canvassers shall be held as provided in section 552.
(3) A filing officer who receives a qualifying petition from a candidate who has met the requirements of this act shall certify to the proper board or boards of election commissioners the candidate's name, post office address, and office sought. If the election for the office is held at the general election, the filing officer shall make the certification not later than 60 days before the general election.
History:
Add. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2002
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
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIVA - Chapter Xxiva Candidates Without Political Party Affiliation (168.590...168.590h) › Section 168.590g - Person Filing Qualifying Petition; Restrictions; Selecting Single Office to Which Candidacy Restricted; Failure to Make Selection.

168.590g Person filing qualifying petition; restrictions; selecting single office to which candidacy restricted; failure to make selection.
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 for which the person has filed a qualifying petition or at an election held during the same calendar year as that election.
(2) A person who files a qualifying petition for more than 1 office, which offices are incompatible and the terms of which offices run concurrently or overlap, shall select the 1 office to which his or her candidacy is restricted not later than 4 p.m. of the third day after the last day for filing a qualifying petition. Failure to make this selection disqualifies the person as a candidate for the offices for which qualifying petitions were filed, and the petitions shall not be canvassed.
History:
Add. 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
2023 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 168.591 - Commencement of State Convention in Even Numbered Years; Date, Time, and Location; Issuance of Calls.

168.591 Commencement of state convention in even numbered years; date, time, and location; issuance of calls.
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, time, and location of the state convention shall be designated by the state central committees of the various political parties in their call for a state convention. The calls shall be issued at least 60 days before the August primaries.
(2) In 2012 only, the state convention of all political parties for the nomination of candidates for state offices shall commence not less than 58 days before the general November election. The date, time, and location of the state convention shall be designated by the state central committees of the various political parties in their call for a state convention. The calls shall be issued at least 60 days before the August primaries.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 28, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1973 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Eff. Nov. 9, 1988 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 128, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2012
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
2023 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 168.593 - State Conventions in Odd Years; Time, Issuance of Calls; Apportionment of Delegates Among Counties.

168.593 State conventions in odd years; time, issuance of calls; apportionment of delegates among counties.
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 of such political party in each county a copy of the call for said state convention of such political party, showing the number of delegates to which each county shall be entitled in the state convention of such political party; and the said state central committee shall apportion such delegates to the several counties in proportion and according to the number of votes cast for the candidate of such party for secretary of state in each of said counties, respectively, at the last preceding November election. The particular day and the hour and place of meeting shall be designated by the state central committees of the various political parties in the call issued therefor by the respective state central committees of the several political parties. A certified copy of such call shall be immediately filed with the secretary of state.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 11, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 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 168.594 - 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.

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.
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 same day throughout the state, which day shall be designated by the state central committee of such political party in its call for the state convention provided for in section 593 of this act. The place and hour of meeting of any such county convention shall be designated in the call issued therefor by the county committee of such political party in the county, which call shall be issued not less than 15 days before such county convention. The number of delegates to the state convention to which such political party in such county is entitled shall be chosen at such county convention. In all counties having or which may hereafter have 2 or more congressional districts or parts of congressional districts within the boundaries of the county, such congressional districts or a part of any congressional district within said counties shall each be considered a county within the provisions of this section for the holding of county conventions provided for in this section, and shall be in lieu of said county conventions. The nominee for congress of the congressional district in the preceding primary election, the county chairman and the county secretary of the several political parties shall constitute a committee in each congressional district to name the temporary chairman of the first district convention held under this act. Thereafter, the district chairman shall act as temporary chairman. The said convention shall then proceed to organize the same as county conventions and shall proceed to the election of delegates to the state convention. The chairman and secretary of any such convention shall certify to the state central committee the names and addresses of the delegates so elected, and when so certified they shall become the delegates from said district to the state convention.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 11, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 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 168.595 - Delegates to State Conventions; Apportionment to Wards, Precincts, Townships or Districts; Basis.

168.595 Delegates to state conventions; apportionment to wards, precincts, townships or districts; basis.
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 convention are elected by precincts) and townships of such county the delegates to the ensuing state convention to which such county is entitled upon the basis provided for in this act for the apportioning of such delegates to the several counties. Any township may be joined with 1 or more other contiguous townships or any ward of a city may be joined with 1 or more other wards of the same city (or, in case delegates to the county convention are elected by precincts, then any precinct may be joined with 1 or more precincts of the same city), in the formation of a district for the choosing of 1 delegate. The delegates to the county convention from each ward, precinct, township or district, as the case may be, shall choose the number of delegates to the state convention that have been apportioned to such ward, precinct, township or district. The number of delegates so apportioned to the several wards, precincts, townships and districts shall approximate, as nearly as may be, the number of delegates to which said county may be entitled. If any ward, precinct, township or district shall be without representation in the county convention, or if such ward, precinct, township or district shall not choose the delegate or delegates to which such ward, precinct, township or district is entitled, or if the apportionment has not been completed or followed in the selection of delegates, the convention shall choose the delegate or delegates to which such ward, precinct, township or district may be entitled.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 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 168.595a - Delegates to State Convention; Legislators as Delegates at Large, Alternates, Vote.

168.595a Delegates to state convention; legislators as delegates at large, alternates, vote.
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 maintain their legal residence. Such delegates shall not have alternates. He may attend the convention of the county, counties, or portions of counties which he represents in the state legislature and may choose to vote in any or all said county or district caucuses, but having only 1 vote on the floor at the state convention.
History:
Add. 1967, Act 209, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 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 168.596 - Fall Conventions and Spring Conventions; Definition.

168.596 Fall conventions and spring conventions; definition.
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 shall be known as the "fall" county convention. The state convention held not less than 37 days before the first Monday of April in every odd numbered year shall be known as the "spring" state convention, and the county convention held for the purpose of electing delegates to the spring state convention shall be known as the "spring" county convention.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 11, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 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 168.597 - State Central Committee; Members, Officers, Term of Service.

168.597 State central committee; members, officers, term of service.
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 and 2 vice chairmen of the state central committee and such chairman and vice chairmen shall have the right to vote on all questions arising in the committee. The state central committee so constituted shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer and such other officers as in its judgment may be proper and shall have the power to fill any vacancy that may occur in its membership or any of its offices. The term of service of a state central committee shall continue until the election of its successor.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 369, Imd. Eff. July 23, 1965
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 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 168.598 - State Central Committee; Forwarding Copy of Call for Fall State Convention; Apportionment of Delegates; Allocation of Additional Delegates.

168.598 State central committee; forwarding copy of call for fall state convention; apportionment of delegates; allocation of additional delegates.
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 the number of delegates to which each county is entitled in the state convention of the political party. The state central committee shall apportion the delegates to the several counties in proportion to the number of votes cast for the candidate of the party for secretary of state in each county, respectively, at the last preceding November general election.
(2) In addition to the number of delegates allocated to each county under subsection (1), the state central committees shall allocate an additional number of delegates equal to the number of incumbent legislators nominated by their party and residing in the county.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 209, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967 ;-- 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
2023 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 168.600 - Congressional District Conventions and Caucuses; Election and Terms of Officers and Committee.

168.600 Congressional district conventions and caucuses; election and terms of officers and committee.
Sec. 600.
At the 1964 fall congressional district convention provided for in this act for congressional districts, the majority of the electors of which, reside in a county having a population of over 1,500,000, and at a caucus of each other congressional district held at the time of the 1964 fall state convention, there shall also be elected for each political party a congressional district chairperson, a vice-chairperson of the opposite sex of the chairperson, a secretary, a treasurer, and a committee of 15 members to serve for 2-year terms or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Thereafter, beginning in 1967, the elections shall be held at the spring congressional district conventions and the caucuses held at the time of the spring state convention in every odd numbered year.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 279, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1964 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 219, Imd. Eff. Nov. 17, 1977
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 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 168.600a - Congressional District Officers; Residence Requirement, Exception.

168.600a Congressional district officers; residence requirement, exception.
Sec. 600a.
No person shall vote or hold any office or position in any congressional district committee or organization unless he is at that time a resident of that congressional district, except members of the state legislature whose districts are located in whole or in part in the congressional district.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 35, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1968
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 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 168.601 - County Comprising Single Congressional or Judicial District; County Committee.

168.601 County comprising single congressional or judicial district; county committee.
Sec. 601.
In a county comprising a single representative, senatorial or judicial district, the county committee of each political party of each such county shall constitute the representative, senatorial or judicial committee of said political party for such representative, senatorial or judicial district, as the case may be.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
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2023 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 168.602 - County Comprising More Than One Congressional District; County Committee.

168.602 County comprising more than one congressional district; county committee.
Sec. 602.
In a county comprising more than 1 representative or senatorial district, the members of the county committee of each political party residing in each such representative or senatorial district of such county shall constitute a committee of said political party for such representative or senatorial district, as the case may be, and such committee shall elect its chairman and other officers. The chairman shall have the right to vote on all questions arising in said committee.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
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2023 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 168.603 - Repealed. 1967, Act 189, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.

168.603 Repealed. 1967, Act 189, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided for district committee membership at party convention.
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2023 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 168.603a - Counties Over 400,000; Legislators as Members of Congressional District Committee and Delegates at Large.

168.603a Counties over 400,000; legislators as members of congressional district committee and delegates at large.
Sec. 603a.
In counties having a population of more than 400,000 persons, all members of the state legislature shall be members of the congressional district committee of their party in each congressional district which encompasses their legislative district in whole or part, and shall serve in addition to the committee of 15 members prescribed in section 600 of this act. Such legislators shall also be seated as delegates-at-large to all congressional district conventions of their party held during their term of office in congressional districts which encompass their legislative district in whole or part. As congressional district committee members and as delegates-at-large, they shall have a voice and vote.
History:
Add. 1966, Act 264, Imd. Eff. July 12, 1966
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2023 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 168.604 - Repealed. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990.

168.604 Repealed. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to call for fall county convention.
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2023 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 168.605 - Delegates to Fall County Convention; Write-in Candidates.

168.605 Delegates to fall county convention; write-in candidates.
Sec. 605.
The name of the candidate for delegate to the county convention must not be printed upon the official primary election ballot, but 1 or more names may be written in by the elector.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 611, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
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2023 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 168.606 - Delegates to Fall County Convention; Election, Notice.

168.606 Delegates to fall county convention; election, notice.
Sec. 606.
Delegates to the fall county convention shall be elected by townships and in cities by precincts and the county clerk shall notify by mail each person elected as such delegate.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Popular Name:
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2023 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 168.607 - Delegates to Fall County Convention; Election; Votes Required; Tie Vote; Determination by Lot.

168.607 Delegates to fall county convention; election; votes required; tie vote; determination by lot.
Sec. 607.
The required number of electors who receive the highest number of votes for delegates to the fall county convention of a political party must be declared by the county clerk to be elected. If, on the canvass of the votes polled at a primary election for delegates to the fall county convention of a political party, 2 or more candidates for delegate receive an equal number of votes for the same office, and that causes a failure to elect a delegate, the election to the office must be determined as provided in section 625.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 136, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1968 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 611, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019
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2023 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 168.608 - Certifying and Recording Names of Delegates; Notification of Delegates; Certification of Delegates to County Conventions; Definition.

168.608 Certifying and recording names of delegates; notification of delegates; certification of delegates to county conventions; definition.
Sec. 608.
(1) The county clerk shall certify the names of the electors elected as delegates, naming the political party upon whose ballot the delegates were elected.
(2) The county clerk shall maintain a record of those elected as delegates among the records of the clerk's office.
(3) No later than 7 days following the primary election, the county clerk shall notify each delegate elected of his or her election as delegate.
(4) The county clerk shall certify the following to the chairperson of the committee of each political party of the county:
(a) The delegates elected by the political party as delegates to the county conventions.
(b) The names of all persons nominated as candidates of a political party for county office and for state legislative office who are delegates at large under section 599(5), when those names become available to the county clerk.
(5) As used in this section, "persons nominated as candidates of a political party for county office and for state legislative office who are delegates at large under section 599(5)" means incumbent county officials, incumbent state legislators, and unsuccessful candidates for county offices and state legislative offices who were candidates at the last prior regular or special election held for the respective office.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983 ;-- 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.”
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2023 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 168.609 - Delegates to City or County Convention; Proxy Prohibited; Vacancies in Delegation.

168.609 Delegates to city or county convention; proxy prohibited; vacancies in delegation.
Sec. 609.
No delegate elected to any city or county convention shall give a proxy to represent him at such convention. All vacancies occurring in any delegation to any convention shall be filled by a majority vote of such delegation: Provided, That such delegation shall not be permitted to fill any vacancy which may occur in its number by any person not a resident of the ward, district, township or precinct, as the case may be, from which such absent delegate was chosen.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Popular Name:
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2023 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 168.610 - Repealed. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976.

168.610 Repealed. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to selection of national committeeman and national committeewoman.
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2023 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 168.611 - Reconvening of Delegates in County Convention; Election of Delegates to State Convention; Day, Time, and Place of County Convention; Definitions.

168.611 Reconvening of delegates in county convention; election of delegates to state convention; day, time, and place of county convention; definitions.
Sec. 611.
(1) In the year 1956, and each fourth year after 1956, delegates of each political party who were elected to the last prior fall county convention shall reconvene in a county convention. The county conventions, when so convened, shall elect delegates to a state convention. The number of delegates elected shall be the same as the number elected to the last prior spring state convention. The county conventions shall be held at least 90 days prior to the time set for the holding of the national convention of its political party. All county conventions shall be held on the same day and time. The time and place shall be fixed by the state central committee. A state convention composed of delegates elected by the respective county conventions shall be held in the year 1956, and each fourth year after 1956, at least 60 days before the holding of the national convention of its political party.
(2) As used in this section:
(a) "Delegates of each political party who were elected to the last prior fall county convention" means precinct delegates elected at the last prior August primary election, persons nominated as candidates for county offices and state legislative offices who are delegates at large to county conventions under section 599(5), and delegates elected under section 622 or 624d to fill a precinct delegate vacancy for the balance of an unexpired term.
(b) "Persons nominated as candidates for county offices and state legislative offices who are delegates at large to county conventions under section 599(5)" means incumbent county officials, incumbent state legislators, and unsuccessful candidates for county offices and state legislative offices who are candidates at the last prior regular or special election held for the respective office.
(3) Delegates to a state convention shall include only those delegates elected at a county convention.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 275, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
Popular Name:
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2023 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 168.612 - Precinct or Convention Delegate; Age.

168.612 Precinct or convention delegate; age.
Sec. 612.
Any person of the age of 18 years or older shall be eligible to be a candidate for election as a precinct delegate or be selected as a delegate to the state or national convention of any political party.
History:
Add. 1970, Act 64, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971
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2023 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 168.613 - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

168.613 Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to the presidential primary.
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