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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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.514 - Cancellation of Registration; Reinstatement Prohibited.

168.514 Cancellation of registration; reinstatement prohibited.
Sec. 514.
If the registration of an elector is canceled, the clerk shall make a proper entry on the master registration card, indicating the date and the cause for cancellation, and shall affix his or her signature to the entries. All copies of the canceled registration cards must be filed in the office of the clerk. All duplicates of the master registration card canceled may be destroyed 2 years after the registration is canceled. The clerk may also destroy the master registration card of an elector 5 years after the date of cancellation of the elector's registration. The clerk may also destroy any canceled master registration cards 2 years after the date of cancellation if the canceled registration cards are reproduced under the records reproduction act, 1992 PA 116, MCL 24.401 to 24.406, and the reproductions are on file in the office of the clerk. The reproductions may be destroyed after the expiration of the statutory retention date of the reproduced records. A voter registration that has been canceled due to an elector moving out of the jurisdiction must not be reinstated if the elector moves back to the jurisdiction and a new voter registration is required for that elector.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 183, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 195, Imd. Eff. Oct. 5, 1992 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 271, Eff. Aug. 15, 2012 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.515 - Registration Records; Verification by House-to-House Canvass.

168.515 Registration records; verification by house-to-house canvass.
Sec. 515.
The several township, city and village clerks may conduct a house-to-house canvass or use such other means of checking the correctness of registration records as may seem expedient.
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.516 - Registration Records; Public Inspection.

***** 168.516 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 13, 2024: See 168.516.amended *****
168.516 Registration records; public inspection.
Sec. 516.
The registration record must be open for public inspection.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.516.amended - Registration Records; Public Inspection.

***** 168.516.amended THIS AMENDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 13, 2024 *****
168.516.amended Registration records; public inspection.
Sec. 516.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) and section 509gg, the registration record must be open for public inspection.
(2) If an individual preregisters to vote under section 496a, the information contained in the registration record for that individual is confidential and must not be open for public inspection as provided under subsection (1) until that individual is 17-1/2 years of age.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 258, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.517 - Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

168.517 Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to diversion or change in ward or precinct.
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.518 - Organization of New Township; First Registration of Electors; Records; Notice; Incorporation of New City; Registration Records; Annexation to City; Statement by Township Clerk.

168.518 Organization of new township; first registration of electors; records; notice; incorporation of new city; registration records; annexation to city; statement by township clerk.
Sec. 518.
Whenever a new township shall be organized, the persons designated to act as inspectors for the first election to be held therein shall constitute a board of registration for the purpose of making the first registration of qualified electors therein. Said board shall be authorized to procure the necessary books or files and forms to conduct such registration in accordance with the provisions of this act. Subsequent to the election, the records shall be delivered to the persons elected to the office of clerk of the township. At least 10 days' public notice shall be given of the time and place for holding the registration. Such notice shall be given by posting written or printed notices in at least 5 of the most conspicuous places in said township, city or village, or by publication in a newspaper of general circulation therein. Whenever a new city is incorporated from the territory of a township, the registration records of the portion of the township incorporated as a city shall constitute the registration records of the newly incorporated city. Township registration records shall be available and used in connection with the election on the adoption of the charter of any new city or village and for the first election of such city's or village's officers.
Whenever any territory of a township is annexed to a city, the clerk of the township from which the territory was detached shall, not less than 5 days prior to the effective date of the annexation, forward to the clerk of the city to which the territory was annexed all of the current registration records of the registered electors residing in the annexed territory. Such records shall thereafter be a part of the registration records of such city and the electors whose registration records were so transferred shall be registered electors of such city.
All such transfers of registration shall be accompanied by a statement signed by the township clerk certifying that all of the current registrations of persons residing within the annexed or incorporated area according to his records are included therein.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 123, Imd. Eff. Apr. 13, 1956 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 160, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.519 - Illegal or Fraudulent Registration; Penalty.

168.519 Illegal or fraudulent registration; penalty.
Sec. 519.
A township or city clerk or assistant clerk shall not register an individual if the clerk knows or has good reason to believe that the individual is not a resident and qualified. An individual shall not register as an elector if he or she knows or has good reason to believe that he or she is not a resident and qualified. An individual who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.520 - Illegal or Fraudulent Registration; Township or City Clerk, Powers and Duties; Assistance by Police or Sheriff; Assistant Examiners, Appointment, Expenses.

168.520 Illegal or fraudulent registration; township or city clerk, powers and duties; assistance by police or sheriff; assistant examiners, appointment, expenses.
Sec. 520.
If a township or city clerk has knowledge that there is a probable illegal or fraudulent registration in the township or city, or in any ward or precinct of the township or city, the clerk has the power and duty to make a full investigation of the facts concerning the registration and to ascertain whether any name has been illegally or fraudulently registered. A township or city clerk is authorized and empowered to call upon the police department of the city or the sheriff of the county in which the city is located, or both, to assist in making the investigation, and the police department and the sheriff are required to render assistance if the clerk makes a request for assistance, and to furnish the clerk at his or her request with all available assistance in making the investigation. A township or city clerk is further authorized and empowered if he or she considers it necessary or advisable to appoint assistant examiners for the purpose of the investigation. Bills for the services of the examiner must be approved by the clerk and must be audited and paid by the township board or legislative body of the city in the same manner as the expenses of conducting elections are paid.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.521 - Illegal or Fraudulent Registration; Removal of Names; Notice; Reinstatement; Review by Mandamus; Challenge.

168.521 Illegal or fraudulent registration; removal of names; notice; reinstatement; review by mandamus; challenge.
Sec. 521.
If a township or city clerk determines that any name has been illegally or fraudulently entered upon the registration records of any precinct in the township or city, the clerk shall remove that name from the registration records and shall notify the individual whose name is removed of the removal by registered or certified mail directed to the individual at the address given on the registration records. An individual representing himself or herself to be the individual whose name is removed is not permitted to vote unless the individual shows to the clerk that his or her name was wrongfully removed from the registration records, in which case his or her name must be reinstated. However, any individual aggrieved by the action of any clerk may review the action and seek the reinstatement of his or her name by mandamus and the proceedings and judgment of the court in the case are subject to review in the supreme court. If a clerk has good reason to believe that any name has been illegally or fraudulently entered upon the registration records and the clerk does not remove the name as provided in this section, the clerk shall write the word "challenged" upon the registration card of the individual and shall lay before the prosecuting attorney of the county all the facts concerning the registration. If an individual whose registration card has been marked offers to vote at any election, the inspectors of election shall at that time examine the individual under oath as to his or her qualifications as an elector in the ward or precinct, the same in all respects and with like effect as though he or she had been challenged at the election by a challenger.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.522 - Making, Certifying, and Delivering Computer Tape, Disk, or Listing of Names and Addresses of Registered Electors; Year, Month, and Day of Birth of Elector; Information Exempt From Disclosure.

168.522 Making, certifying, and delivering computer tape, disk, or listing of names and addresses of registered electors; year, month, and day of birth of elector; information exempt from disclosure.
Sec. 522.
(1) A clerk of a city, township, or village who maintains a computerized file of registered voters and who does not have direct access to the qualified voter files shall make, certify, and deliver to any person, upon request, a computer tape, disk, or listing, as specified by the person, of the names and addresses of the registered electors of the city, township, village, school district, ward, or precinct upon the payment to the clerk of the cost of making, certifying, and delivering the tape, disk, or listing.
(2) A computer tape, disk, or listing provided under subsection (1) shall include, upon request, the year of birth of an elector but shall not include the month and day of birth of an elector. A computer tape, disk, or listing provided under subsection (1) shall not include a person's driver's license or state personal identification card number or any other information that is exempt from disclosure under section 509gg or other section of this chapter.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 168, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 142, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1989 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.522a - Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

168.522a Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to requests under the freedom of information act.
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.524 - Repealed. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018.

168.524 Repealed. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018.
Compiler's Notes:
This repealed section pertained to a report by the local clerks to the county clerks on the number of eligible voters.
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-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.530 - Repealed. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999.

168.530 Repealed. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to review of voter registration system by advisory committee.
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) › Section 168.531 - Primary Elections; Nomination of Candidates by Direct Vote.

168.531 Primary elections; nomination of candidates by direct vote.
Sec. 531.
Whenever any primary election shall be held in this state or in any city, county or district in this state, the nomination of candidates shall be made by direct vote of the qualified and registered electors of each political party participating therein as hereinafter prescribed.
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) › Section 168.532 - Nomination by Caucus or Convention Where Principal Candidate Receives Less Than 5% of Vote Cast for Candidates for Secretary of State.

168.532 Nomination by caucus or convention where principal candidate receives less than 5% of vote cast for candidates for secretary of state.
Sec. 532.
A political party whose principal candidate received less than 5% of the total vote cast for all candidates for the office of secretary of state in the last preceding state election, either in the state or in any political subdivision affected, shall not make its nominations by the direct primary method. The nomination of all candidates of such parties shall be made by means of caucuses or conventions which shall be held and the names of the party's nominations filed at the time and manner provided in section 686a of this act. The term "principal candidate" of any party shall be construed to mean the candidate whose name shall appear nearest the top of the party column.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 28, Imd. Eff. June 14, 1973
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) › Section 168.533 - Applicability of Act.

168.533 Applicability of act.
Sec. 533.
The provisions of this act relative to the conduct of elections shall be applicable as near as may be in all particulars to all regular and special primary elections except as the contrary is indicated.
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) › Section 168.534 - General Primary; Time; Party Candidates; Condition to Nomination.

168.534 General primary; time; party candidates; condition to nomination.
Sec. 534.
A general primary of all political parties except as provided in sections 532 and 685 must be held in every election precinct in this state on the Tuesday after the first Monday in August before every general November election, at which time the qualified and registered voters of each political party may vote for party candidates for the office of governor, United States Senator, Representative in Congress, state senator, representative in the legislature, county executive, prosecuting attorney, sheriff, county clerk, county treasurer, register of deeds, drain commissioner, public works commissioner, county road commissioner, county mine inspector, surveyor, and candidates for office in townships. A nomination for an office must be made only if the official is to be elected at the next succeeding general November election.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 57, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 260, Imd. Eff. Aug. 12, 1976 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 224, Eff. Sept. 24, 2018
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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › Section 168.535 - General Primary; Nomination of Nonpartisan Candidates.

168.535 General primary; nomination of nonpartisan candidates.
Sec. 535.
A general primary 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 voters may vote for nonpartisan candidates for the office of judge of the court of appeals, judge of the circuit court, judge of probate and for circuit court commissioner in the years in which such officers are to be elected.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 57, 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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › Section 168.536, 168.537 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. sess., Act 57, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963.

168.536, 168.537 Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 57, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections provided for nomination in primary elections for certain local government offices.
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) › Section 168.538 - Primary Election; Notice; Posting; Publication.

168.538 Primary election; notice; posting; publication.
Sec. 538.
Primary election notices shall be published and posted as provided in section 653a.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
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) › Section 168.539 - City and County Primary Elections; Not Held When No Opposition; Certification of Candidates; Notice to City and Township Clerks, Public Notice.

168.539 City and county primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of candidates; notice to city and township clerks, public notice.
Sec. 539.
If, upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions in any primary for city or county, it appears that there is no opposition to any candidate for any office upon any ticket, then the city or county clerk, as the case may be, shall certify to the board of election commissioners the names of all persons whose petitions have been properly filed and the office for which such petitions were filed, and such persons shall be declared by such board of election commissioners nominees for the respective offices, and such county clerk shall forthwith notify the several clerks of the townships and cities interested, if any, and give notice that the primary will not be held as contemplated, giving the reasons therefor, and a public notice shall be given of such determination by a brief notice published by such clerk in a newspaper circulated in such county.
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) › Section 168.540 - Nonpartisan Primary Elections; When Not Held; Certification of Candidates.

168.540 Nonpartisan primary elections; when not held; certification of candidates.
Sec. 540.
If, upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions for any nonpartisan primary election, it shall appear that as to any office on any nonpartisan ticket there are not to exceed twice the number of candidates as there are persons to be elected, then the officer with whom such petitions are filed shall certify to the proper board of election commissioners the names of such candidates whose petitions have been properly filed and such candidates shall be the nominees for such offices and shall be so certified. As to such offices, there shall be no primary election and such offices shall be omitted from the primary ballot.
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) › Section 168.541 - District Primary Elections; Not Held When No Opposition; Certification of Candidates; Notice to City and Township Clerks.

168.541 District primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of candidates; notice to city and township clerks.
Sec. 541.
If upon the expiration of the time for filing petitions in any primary, the secretary of state shall find within a given district that there is no opposition for any office upon any ticket, he shall forthwith give notice to the clerk of the several counties embraced, at the same time certifying the names of the candidates and the office to which they aspire to the state board of canvassers, who shall declare them the nominees for the respective offices, and shall give notice to the clerk of the several counties embraced in such district, and if the clerk shall find that there is no opposition for any office upon any ticket for a county office, then it shall be the duty of such clerk to forthwith give notice to the several city and township clerks interested that a primary will not be held as contemplated, but in no event shall a primary election be abandoned in any township, city, county or district wherein there shall be opposition for any office upon any ticket.
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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.542 - Nominating Petitions; Provisions Governing.

168.542 Nominating petitions; provisions governing.
Sec. 542.
The printing of the name of any person as a candidate for nomination by any political party for any office except a city or village under the particular party heading upon the official ballots for any primary election held in this state shall be obtained by following the provisions as set forth in the chapters of this act relative to the respective offices.
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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.543, 168.544 - Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966.

168.543, 168.544 Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections prescribed requirements for primary election nominating petitions.
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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.544a - Nonpartisan Nominating Petitions; Size, Form, Contents.

168.544a Nonpartisan nominating petitions; size, form, contents.
Sec. 544a.
The form, size and contents of all nonpartisan nominating petitions shall be the same as is provided in section 544c for partisan nominating petitions, except that under the heading "nominating petition" shall be printed in 12-point type the word "nonpartisan". The petition shall contain no reference to any political party.
History:
Add. 1960, Act 23, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966
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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.544b - Candidates for Judicial Office; Affidavit of Qualifications to Be Filed With Nominating Petitions.

168.544b Candidates for judicial office; affidavit of qualifications to be filed with nominating petitions.
Sec. 544b.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person shall not qualify as a candidate for any judicial office of this state unless the person files an affidavit with his or her nominating petitions on a form prescribed by the secretary of state stating that he or she possesses the constitutional qualifications set forth in section 19 of article VI of the state constitution.
(2) In cases where candidates for judicial office are nominated at political party conventions, the chairperson and secretary of the party shall file the affidavit with the secretary of state not more than 1 business day after the conclusion of the convention.
History:
Add. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 57, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999
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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.544d - Nominating Petitions for Offices and Purposes; Circulation; Form; Identification of City or Township; Certificate of Circulator; Other Form Not Prohibited.

168.544d Nominating petitions for offices and purposes; circulation; form; identification of city or township; certificate of circulator; other form not prohibited.
Sec. 544d.
Nominating petitions for the offices under this act and petitions for a local proposal may be circulated on a countywide form. Petitions circulated countywide must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, which form must be substantially as provided in sections 482, 544a, or 544c, whichever is applicable. The secretary of state may provide for a petition form larger than 8-1/2 inches by 13 inches and shall provide for identification of the city or township in which the person signing the petition is registered. The certificate of the circulator may be on the reverse side of the petition. This section does not prohibit the circulation of petitions on another form prescribed by this act.
History:
Add. 1975, Act 327, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1976 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 114, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 608, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.544e - Canvassing Petitions; Number Designations for Months.

168.544e Canvassing petitions; number designations for months.
Sec. 544e.
When canvassing petitions filed pursuant to this act, the official canvassing the petitions shall accept number designations for the months of the year in lieu of the names of the months.
History:
Add. 1975, Act 327, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1976
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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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.544f - Number of Signatures Required.

168.544f Number of signatures required.
Sec. 544f.
The number of signatures of qualified and registered electors necessary for nominating petitions under this act, based upon the population of the district involved according to the most recent federal census, is as follows:
Partisan Petition
Non Partisan Petition
Qualifying Petition
Population
Min
Max
Min
Max
Min
Max
0 - 9,999
3
10
6
20
9
30
10,000 - 24,999
20
50
40
100
60
150
25,000 - 49,999
50
100
100
200
150
300
50,000 - 74,999
100
200
200
400
300
600
75,000 - 99,999
200
400
400
800
600
1,200
100,000 - 199,999
300
500
600
1,000
900
1,500
200,000 - 499,999
500
1,000
1,000
2,000
1,500
3,000
500,000 - 999,999
1,000
2,000
2,000
4,000
3,000
6,000
1,000,000 - 1,999,999
2,000
4,000
4,000
8,000
6,000
12,000
2,000,000 - 4,999,999
4,000
8,000
6,200
12,000
12,000
24,000
Over 5 million (statewide)
15,000
30,000
30,000
60,000
30,000
60,000
History:
Add. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000
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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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.545 - Nominating Petitions; Combination of Two Offices.

168.545 Nominating petitions; combination of two offices.
Sec. 545.
In those instances in which the duties of 2 offices are combined, all nominating petitions shall include and name the 2 offices.
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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.546 - Nominating Petitions; Supply by County and City Clerks; Printing by Candidate.

168.546 Nominating petitions; supply by county and city clerks; printing by candidate.
Sec. 546.
The various county clerks and city clerks shall prepare and keep on hand blank forms of nominating petitions for use of the electors and candidates in said city or county. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any candidate from having his own nominating petitions printed, but they must comply substantially with the above form.
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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.547 - Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966.

168.547 Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section made it unlawful for voter to sign more than one nominating petition for the same office.
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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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.547a - Nominating Petitions; Signatures by Voters, Number, Counting.

168.547a Nominating petitions; signatures by voters, number, counting.
Sec. 547a.
If a qualified and registered voter signs nominating petitions for a greater number of candidates for public office than the number of persons to be elected thereto, his signatures, if they bear the same date, shall not be counted upon any petition, and if they bear different dates shall be counted in the order of their priority of date for only so many candidates as there are persons to be elected.
History:
Add. 1959, Act 44, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960
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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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.548 - Nominating Petitions; Maximum Number of Signatures.

168.548 Nominating petitions; maximum number of signatures.
Sec. 548.
It shall be unlawful for any candidate to wilfully and intentionally procure more names upon nominating petitions than the maximum number prescribed in this act.
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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.549 - Nominating Petitions; Excess Signatures, Counting.

168.549 Nominating petitions; excess signatures, counting.
Sec. 549.
If any nominating petitions contain more than the necessary percentage of names, the excess over 1% shall neither be considered nor counted.
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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.550 - Candidates for Nomination; Qualification Upon Compliance With Act.

168.550 Candidates for nomination; qualification upon compliance with act.
Sec. 550.
No candidate shall have his name printed upon any official primary election ballot of any political party in any voting precinct in this state unless he shall have filed nominating petitions according to the provisions of this act, and all other requirements of this act have been complied within his behalf, except in those counties qualifying candidates upon the payment of fees.
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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.551 - Nominating Petitions or Filing Fees; Filing Period.

168.551 Nominating petitions or filing fees; filing period.
Sec. 551.
Until December 31, 2013, the secretary of state and the various county, township, and city clerks shall receive nominating petitions or filing fees filed under this act up to 4 p.m., eastern standard time, of the twelfth Tuesday before the August primary. Beginning January 1, 2014, the secretary of state and the various county, township, and city clerks shall receive nominating petitions or filing fees filed under this act up to 4 p.m., eastern standard time, of the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary. The provisions of this section do not apply to a city that does not nominate its officers under the provisions of this act.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 57, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012
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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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.551a - Repealed. 1956, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956.

168.551a Repealed. 1956, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided for contents and filing of nominating petitions at any nonpartisan judicial primary.
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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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.552a - Validity of Petition or Signature.

168.552a Validity of petition or signature.
Sec. 552a.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, a petition or a signature is not invalid solely because the designation of city or township has not been made on the petition form if a city and an adjoining township have the same name.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, if a person who signs a petition uses his or her mailing address on the petition and that mailing address incorporates the political jurisdiction in which the person is registered to vote, that signature shall be counted if the signature is otherwise determined to be genuine and valid under this act.
History:
Add. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
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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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.553 - Nominating Petitions; Insufficiency, Notice to Candidate.

168.553 Nominating petitions; insufficiency, notice to candidate.
Sec. 553.
In case it is determined that the nominating petitions of any candidate do not comply with the requirements of this act, or if for any other cause such candidate is not entitled to have his name printed upon the official primary ballots, it shall be the duty of the secretary of state or county or city clerk to immediately notify such candidate of such fact, together with a statement of the reasons why his name was not certified to the respective boards of election commissioners.
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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.554 - List of Candidates; Posting.

168.554 List of candidates; posting.
Sec. 554.
The secretary of state or county or city clerk shall forthwith prepare and publicly expose in his office a list of the candidates who have filed nominating petitions or filing fees in his office, as near as may be, as they will appear upon the official primary election ballots.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.554a - Repealed. 1971, Act 5, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972.

168.554a Repealed. 1971, Act 5, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to time for filing candidate's filing fee.
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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-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.555 - Nominating Petitions and Filing Fees; Public Record, Contents; Public Inspection.

168.555 Nominating petitions and filing fees; public record, contents; public inspection.
Sec. 555.
The various officers named herein shall keep a public record of the nominating petitions and filing fees filed in a book for that purpose, which record shall indicate the names of the candidates, the offices sought, and the dates when such nominating petitions or filing fees were filed. All such nominating petitions shall be open to public inspection and subject to examination after being filed in the office of the secretary of state, county clerk or city clerk, in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by such officers.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.556 - Nominating Petitions; Final Disposition, Record.

168.556 Nominating petitions; final disposition, record.
Sec. 556.
All nominating petitions filed under the provisions of this act shall be preserved by the secretary of state, county, city, village or township clerk, as the case may be, until the first day of January following the primary election for which the same were filed. At the expiration of that period, the secretary of state, county, city, village or township clerk may destroy all nominating petitions, the return of which has not been requested. In the record of nominating petitions, the various officers keeping such record shall cause entries to be made, stating the final disposition of each candidate's petition.
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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588) › 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558) › Section 168.557 - Repealed. 2002, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2002.

168.557 Repealed. 2002, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2002.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to requirements for nominating petitions.
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