Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-vii Chapter VII United States Senator (168.91...168.121)

• Section 168.91 United States Senator; Eligibility; Violation Of 38.412a.
  A person shall not be a United States senator unless the person has attained the age of 30 years and has been a citizen...
• Section 168.92 Candidates For United States Senator; 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 168.93 Candidate For United States Senator; Nominating Petition; Signatures; Form; Filing.
  In order for the name of a person as a candidate for nomination by a political party for the office of United States senator...
• Section 168.94 Candidates; Withdrawal, Notice.
  After the filing of a nominating petition by or in behalf of a proposed candidate for United States senator, such candidate shall not be...
• Section 168.95 Candidate For United States Senator; Death; Selection Of Candidate To Fill Vacancy; Ballots.
  If a candidate of a political party for the office of United States senator, after having qualified as a candidate, dies after the last...
• Section 168.96 Candidate For United States Senator; Write-in.
  If for any reason there is no candidate of a political party for the office of United States senator, a blank space shall be...
• Section 168.97 Candidates; Nomination, Certification.
  The candidate of each political party for the office of United States senator receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates for said...
• Section 168.98 Candidates; Withdrawal After Nomination.
  When a candidate of any political party has filed a nominating petition for such office and has been nominated for said office by said...
• Section 168.99 Candidates; Death, Withdrawal Or Disqualification; New Candidate, Selection, Certification; Ballots.
  When the candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to the office of United States senator, shall die, withdraw, remove from the...
• Section 168.100 United States Senator; Election.
  A United States senator shall be elected at the general November election held in the year 1958, and at the general November election every...
• Section 168.101 United States Senator; Certificate Of Determination By Board Of State Canvassers.
  The board of state canvassers shall determine which candidate for United States senator has received the greatest number of votes and shall declare such...
• Section 168.102 United States Senator; Certificate Of Election By Governor.
  It shall be the duty of the governor, upon the election or appointment of a United States senator, to certify his election or appointment...
• Section 168.103 United States Senator; Term Of Office.
  The term of office of a United States senator shall be 6 years, beginning on the third day of January next succeeding his election....
• Section 168.104 United States Senator; Resignation, Notice.
  Any person duly elected to the office of United States senator who desires to resign shall file a written notice containing the effective date...
• Section 168.105 United States Senator; Vacancy; Successor, Appointment By Governor, Tenure.
  Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of United States senator, the governor shall appoint, to fill the vacancy, some suitable person having...
• Section 168.106 United States Senator; Votes Cast At Primary Or General Election Subject To Recount.
  The votes cast for a candidate for nomination or election to the office of United States senator at a primary or general election shall...
• Section 168.107 United States Senator; Vacancy, Creation.
  The office of United States senator shall become vacant on the happening of any of the following events before the expiration of the term...
• Section 168.108 United States Senator; Removal From Office.
  Any United States senator may be removed from office as provided in section 5 of article 1 of the United States constitution. History: 1954,...
• Section 168.109 United States Senator; Contested Election; Restraining Order Of Supreme Court.
  Whenever the election of a United States senator is contested before the United States senate, or notice of a contested election for United States...
• Section 168.110 Contested Election; Preservation Of Ballots, Application For Restraining Order By Petition; Notice, Hearing; Temporary Restraining Order Pending Hearing.
  Application for such restraining order may be made by any candidate for such office and shall be made by petition duly verified under oath...
• Section 168.110a Repealed. 1978, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 7, 1978.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to filing notice of intent to contest election of United States senator.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.111 Contested Election; Service Of Restraining Order, Method.
  Service of any restraining order may be made personally, as in the case of the service of other process of said court, or such...
• Section 168.112 Contested Election; Permanent Restraining Order, Delivery Of Ballot Boxes To Custody Of County Clerk.
  On being served with a copy of a permanent restraining order issued by said court, it shall be the duty of all officers having...
• Section 168.113 Contested Election; Commissioners, Appointment, Packaging Of Ballots.
  Upon issuing a permanent restraining order as herein provided, the supreme court shall name 3 commissioners, who shall proceed to the offices of the...
• Section 168.114 Contested Election; Commissioners, Redeposit Of Ballots With County Clerk, Statement.
  Such packages shall be sealed by said commissioners and redeposited with said county clerks, and it shall be the duty of said county clerks...
• Section 168.115 Contested Election; Removal Of Ballots By Commissioners, Notice.
  The commissioners, as herein provided for, shall give public notice of the time when they will appear at each county seat for the purpose...
• Section 168.116 Contested Election; Removal Of Ballots, Representation Of Candidate.
  It shall be the right of each candidate to the office of United States senator at such election to be present in person at...
• Section 168.117 Contested Election; Commissioners, Compensation.
  The compensation of the commissioners herein provided for shall be fixed by the supreme court and such court shall allow such traveling and personal...
• Section 168.118 Contested Election; Violation Of Restraining Order, Penalty.
  Any person who shall violate the terms of any such restraining order shall be in contempt of court and shall, in addition to such...
• Section 168.119 Contested Election; Application For Restraining Order To Circuit Court, Authority Of Court.
  Instead of filing the petition for relief provided for in this act with the supreme court of the state of Michigan, application may be...
• Section 168.120 Contested Elections; Purpose Of Act.
  It is the intention of this act to furnish a speedy and effective means for the preservation of evidence of the intention of voters...
• Section 168.121 United States Senator; Recall.
  Persons holding the office of United States senator are subject to recall by the qualified and registered electors of the state as provided in...

Last modified: October 10, 2016