Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xxiv-preparation-and-fi Preparation And Filing Of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558)

• Section 168.542 Nominating Petitions; Provisions Governing.
  The printing of the name of any person as a candidate for nomination by any political party for any office except a city or...
• Section 168.543, 168.544 Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff.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  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections prescribed requirements for primary election nominating petitions.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.544a Nonpartisan Nominating Petitions; Size, Form, Contents.
  The form, size and contents of all nonpartisan nominating petitions shall be the same as is provided in section 544c for partisan nominating petitions,...
• Section 168.544b Candidates For Judicial Office; Affidavit Of Qualifications To Be Filed With Nominating Petitions.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person shall not qualify as a candidate for any judicial office of this state unless the...
• Section 168.544c Nominating Petition; Type Size; Form; Contents; Circulation And Signing; Validity Of Elector's Signature; Agreement Of Circulator To Accept Jurisdiction; Service With Legal Process; Violations; Misdemeanor; Sanctions; Refusal Of Individual To Comply With Subpoena; Applicability Of Section To All Sections.
  (1) A nominating petition shall be 8-1/2 inches by 14 inches in size. On a nominating petition, the words "nominating petition" shall be printed...
• Section 168.544d Nominating Petitions For Offices And Purposes; Circulation; Form; Identification Of City Or Township; Certificate Of Circulator; Other Form Not Prohibited.
  Nominating petitions for the offices under this act and petitions for a constitutional amendment, initiation of legislation, or referendum of legislation or a local...
• Section 168.544e Canvassing Petitions; Number Designations For Months.
  When canvassing petitions filed pursuant to this act, the official canvassing the petitions shall accept number designations for the months of the year in...
• Section 168.544f Number Of Signatures Required.
  The number of signatures of qualified and registered electors necessary for nominating petitions under this act, based upon the population of the district involved...
• Section 168.545 Nominating Petitions; Combination Of Two Offices.
  In those instances in which the duties of 2 offices are combined, all nominating petitions shall include and name the 2 offices. History: 1954,...
• Section 168.546 Nominating Petitions; Supply By County And City Clerks; Printing By Candidate.
  The various county clerks and city clerks shall prepare and keep on hand blank forms of nominating petitions for use of the electors and...
• Section 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.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.547a Nominating Petitions; Signatures By Voters, Number, Counting.
  If a qualified and registered voter signs nominating petitions for a greater number of candidates for public office than the number of persons to...
• Section 168.548 Nominating Petitions; Maximum Number Of Signatures.
  It shall be unlawful for any candidate to wilfully and intentionally procure more names upon nominating petitions than the maximum number prescribed in this...
• Section 168.549 Nominating Petitions; Excess Signatures, Counting.
  If any nominating petitions contain more than the necessary percentage of names, the excess over 1% shall neither be considered nor counted. History: 1954,...
• Section 168.550 Candidates For Nomination; Qualification Upon Compliance With Act.
  No candidate shall have his name printed upon any official primary election ballot of any political party in any voting precinct in this state...
• Section 168.551 Nominating Petitions Or Filing Fees; Filing Period.
  Until December 31, 2013, the secretary of state and the various county, township, and city clerks shall receive nominating petitions or filing fees filed...
• Section 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.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.552 Nominating Petitions; Certification By County Or City Clerk; Sworn Complaint; Investigation To Determine Validity Of Signatures And Genuineness Of Petition; Examination Of Petitions; Declaration Of Sufficiency Or Insufficiency Of Petitions; Review; Filing Of Nominating Petitions With Secretary Of State; Notification; Canvass Of Petitions; Hearing; Subpoenas; Oaths; Adjournment; Completion Of Canvass; Availability To Public; Declaration; Request For Notice Of Approval Or Rejection Of Petition; Judicial Review; Use Of Qualified Voter File; Certification To Boards Of Election Commissioners.
  (1) The county or city clerk, after the last day specified in this act for receiving and filing nominating petitions, shall immediately certify to...
• Section 168.552a Validity Of Petition Or Signature.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, a petition or a signature is not invalid solely because the designation of...
• Section 168.553 Nominating Petitions; Insufficiency, Notice To Candidate.
  In case it is determined that the nominating petitions of any candidate do not comply with the requirements of this act, or if for...
• Section 168.554 List Of Candidates; Posting.
  The secretary of state or county or city clerk shall forthwith prepare and publicly expose in his office a list of the candidates who...
• Section 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.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.555 Nominating Petitions And Filing Fees; Public Record, Contents; Public Inspection.
  The various officers named herein shall keep a public record of the nominating petitions and filing fees filed in a book for that purpose,...
• Section 168.556 Nominating Petitions; Final Disposition, Record.
  All nominating petitions filed under the provisions of this act shall be preserved by the secretary of state, county, city, village or township clerk,...
• Section 168.557 Repealed. 2002, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2002.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to requirements for nominating petitions.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.558 Filing Nominating Petition, Qualifying Petition, Filing Fee, Or Affidavit Of Candidacy; Affidavit Of Identity; Requirement To Indicate Name Change; Exception; Statement; Noncompliance; Selection Of Office To Which Candidacy Restricted; Failure To Make Selection.
  (1) When filing a nominating petition, qualifying petition, filing fee, or affidavit of candidacy for a federal, county, state, city, township, village, metropolitan district,...

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