Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-viii Chapter VIII Representative In Congress (168.131...168.155)

• Section 168.131 Representative In Congress; Eligibility; Violation Of Mcl 38.412a.
  A person shall not be a representative unless the person has attained the age of 25 years and been a citizen of the United...
• Section 168.132 Candidates For Representative In Congress; 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 168.133 Candidate For Representative In Congress; Nominating Petition; Signatures; Filing; Form.
  In order for the name of a person as a candidate for nomination by a political party for the office of representative in congress...
• Section 168.134 Candidates For Nomination; Withdrawal, Notice.
  After the filing of a nominating petition by or in behalf of a proposed candidate for representative in congress, such candidate shall not be...
• Section 168.135 Candidate For Representative In Congress; Death; Selection Of Candidate To Fill Vacancy; Ballots.
  If a candidate of a political party for the office of representative in congress, after having qualified as a candidate, dies after the last...
• Section 168.136 Candidate For Representative In Congress; Write-in.
  If for any reason there is no candidate of a political party for the office of representative in congress, a blank space shall be...
• Section 168.137 Candidates For Representative In Congress; Nomination, Certification.
  The candidate of each political party for the office of representative in congress receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates for said...
• Section 168.138 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 168.139 Candidates For Representative In Congress; Death, Withdrawal Or Disqualification; Selection Of New Candidate, Certification; Ballots.
  When a candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to the office of representative in congress, shall die, withdraw as provided in...
• Section 168.140 Representative In Congress; Election.
  A representative in congress in each congressional district shall be elected at each general November election. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955...
• Section 168.141 Representative In Congress; Certificate Of Determination By Board Of State Canvassers.
  The board of state canvassers shall determine which candidate has received the greatest number of votes and shall declare such candidate to be duly...
• Section 168.142 Representative In Congress; Certificate Of Election.
  The secretary of state shall file in his office and preserve the original statement and determination of the board of state canvassers of the...
• Section 168.143 Representative In Congress; Term Of Office.
  The term of office of a representative in congress shall be 2 years beginning on the third day of January next following his election....
• Section 168.144 Representative In Congress; Resignation, Notice.
  Any person duly elected to the office of representative in congress who desires to resign shall file a written notice containing the effective date...
• Section 168.145 Representative In Congress; Vacancy, Special Election.
  The governor shall call a special election as provided in section 633 of this act, in any congressional district of the state when the...
• Section 168.146 Representative In Congress; Vacancy, Creation.
  The office of representative in congress shall become vacant on the happening of any of the following events before the expiration of the term...
• Section 168.147 Representative In Congress; Removal From Office.
  Any representative in congress may be removed from office as provided in section 5 of article 1 of the United States constitution. History: 1954,...
• Section 168.148 Representative In Congress; Votes Cast At Primary Or General Election Subject To Recount.
  The votes cast for a candidate for nomination or election to the office of representative in congress at a primary or general election shall...
• Section 168.149 Representative In Congress; Recall.
  Persons holding the office of representatives in congress are subject to recall by the qualified and registered electors of their congressional districts as provided...
• Section 168.150 Representative In Congress; Contested Election; Preservation Of Ballots; Restraining Order Of Circuit Court.
  Whenever a contest for the office of congressman is in progress before the house of representatives involving the right to a seat in said...
• Section 168.150a Repealed. 1978, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 7, 1978.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to notice of intent to contest election of representative in congress.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.151 Contested Election; Application For Restraining Order By Petition; Notice, Hearing.
  Said application shall be made by sworn petition setting up the material facts touching the election and the election contest involved. It may be...
• Section 168.152 Contested Election; Service Of Restraining Order, Notice.
  Service of such restraining order may be made either personally, as in the case of ordinary process of said court, or in cases of...
• Section 168.153 Contested Election; Violation Of Restraining Order, Penalty.
  Any officer or any other person who shall violate the terms of any such restraining order shall be in contempt of court and shall,...
• Section 168.154 Contested Election; Intent Of Act.
  It is the intention of this act to furnish a speedy and effective remedy for the preservation of the evidence of the intention of...
• Section 168.155 Contested Election; Proceeding In Equity, Fees.
  The proceeding herein specified shall be in equity, and the provisions of law relative to fees to be charged as entry fees and fees...

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