Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-ix Chapter IX State Senate And House Of Representatives (168.161...168.180)

• Section 168.161 Offices Of State Senator Or Representative; Eligibility; Violation Of Mcl 38.412a.
  (1) A person shall not be eligible to the office of state senator or representative unless the person is a citizen of the United...
• Section 168.162 Candidates For State Senator Or Representative; Nomination At Primary.
  A general primary election of all political parties shall be held in every election precinct in this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first...
• Section 168.163 Candidate For State Senator Or Representative; Nominating Petitions; Signatures; Form; Filing; Filing Fee In Lieu Of Nominating Petition; Deposit Of Fee; Refund Of Deposit.
  (1) To obtain the printing of the name of a person as a candidate for nomination by a political party for the office of...
• Section 168.163a Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 63, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided for designation of incumbent on ballot.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.164 Candidates For State Senator Or Representative; Withdrawal; Notice.
  After the filing of a nominating petition or filing fee by or in behalf of a proposed candidate for the office of state senator...
• Section 168.165 Candidates For State Senator Or Representative; Death; Selection Of Candidate To Fill Vacancy; Ballots.
  If a candidate of a political party for the office of state senator or state representative, as applicable, after having qualified as a candidate,...
• Section 168.166 Candidate For State Senator Or Representative; Write-in.
  If for any reason the number of candidates of a political party for the office of state senator or representative is equal to less...
• Section 168.167 Candidates For State Senator Or Representative; Nomination, Certification.
  The candidates of each political party for the office of state senator and representative receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates for...
• Section 168.168 Candidates For State Senator Or Representative; Withdrawal After Nomination; Procedure.
  When a candidate of any political party has filed a nominating petition or filing fee for state senator or representative and has been nominated...
• Section 168.169 Candidates For State Senator Or Representative; Death, Certification For Statewide Office, Withdrawal, Physical Unfitness, Or Disqualification; Selection Of Candidate To Fill Vacancy; Certification; Ballots.
  When the candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to the office of state senator or representative, shall die, be certified by...
• Section 168.170 State Senators And Representatives; Election, Date.
  A state senator in each senatorial district shall be elected in the general election in 1964, 1966 and every fourth year thereafter. A representative...
• Section 168.171 Candidate Receiving Greatest Number Of Votes; Duties Of Board Of Canvassers Or County Canvassers.
  The board of state canvassers or the board of county canvassers, as appropriate, shall determine which candidate has received the greatest number of votes...
• Section 168.172 State Senators And Representatives; Certificate Of Election; Publication Of Certificate Of Determination And Statement Of Votes; Notice Of Election Results.
  The secretary of state or the county clerk shall file in his or her office and preserve the original statement and determination of the...
• Section 168.173 State Senators And Representatives; Terms Of Office.
  The term of office of state senator and representative shall commence at 12 noon on January 1 next following his election. The term of...
• Section 168.174 State Senators And Representatives; Oath Of Office.
  Every person elected to the office of state senator or representative, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to...
• Section 168.175 State Senators And Representatives; Resignation, Notice.
  Any person duly elected to the office of state senator or representative who desires to resign shall file a written notice containing the effective...
• Section 168.176 State Senators And Representatives; Vacancy, Creation.
  The office of state senator or representative shall become vacant on the happening of any of the following events, before the expiration of the...
• Section 168.177 State Senators And Representatives; Removal From Office.
  Any state senator or representative may be removed from office as provided in section 16 of article 4 of the state constitution. History: 1954,...
• Section 168.178 State Senators And Representatives; Vacancy In Office; Special Election.
  The governor may call a special election as provided in section 634 in any senatorial or representative district of the state when the right...
• Section 168.179 State Senators And Representatives; Primary Or Election, Recount Of Votes.
  The votes cast for any candidate for the office of state senator or representative at any primary or election shall be subject to recount...
• Section 168.180 State Senators And Representatives; Recall.
  Any person elected to the office of state senator or representative shall be subject to recall as provided in chapter 36 of this act...

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