Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xxv Chapter XXV Delegates, Conventions And Party Committees (168.591...168.620a)

• Section 168.591 Commencement Of State Convention In Even Numbered Years; Date, Time, And Location; Issuance Of Calls.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) and section 532, the state convention of all political parties for the nomination of candidates for state...
• Section 168.592 County Conventions In Even Numbered Years; Purpose; Time; Designation Of Date, Place, And Hour Of Meeting; Issuance Of Call; Number Of Delegates; Counties Having 2 Or More Congressional Districts; Committee; Temporary Chairperson; Organization; Election And Certification Of Delegates.
  (1) Except as provided in section 532, the county conventions of all political parties for the election of delegates to a state convention for...
• Section 168.593 State Conventions In Odd Years; Time, Issuance Of Calls; Apportionment Of Delegates Among Counties.
  A state convention of all political parties shall be held not less than 37 days before the first Monday of April in every odd...
• Section 168.594 County Convention In Odd Years; Time And Place, Issuance Of Call; Election Of Delegates To State Convention; Congressional District Conventions, Committee, Temporary Chairman, Election Of Delegates, Certification.
  The county conventions of all political parties for the election of delegates to a state convention in the odd numbered years shall be held...
• Section 168.595 Delegates To State Conventions; Apportionment To Wards, Precincts, Townships Or Districts; Basis.
  At the time of issuing the call for the county convention of any political party for the election of delegates to a state convention,...
• Section 168.595a Delegates To State Convention; Legislators As Delegates At Large, Alternates, Vote.
  In addition to the delegates to the state convention of any political party as provided by section 595, all incumbent members of the state...
• Section 168.596 Fall Conventions And Spring Conventions; Definition.
  The state convention held for the purpose of nominating candidates for state offices to be voted for at the November election shall be known...
• Section 168.597 State Central Committee; Members, Officers, Term Of Service.
  At its spring state convention in each odd numbered year, each political party shall select a state central committee as herein provided, which committee...
• Section 168.598 State Central Committee; Forwarding Copy Of Call For Fall State Convention; Apportionment Of Delegates; Allocation Of Additional Delegates.
  (1) The state central committee of each political party shall, at least 60 days before the August primary, forward by mail to the chairperson...
• Section 168.599 Executive Committee; Selection By Delegates To Fall County Convention In County With Population Of Less Than 1,500,000; Replacement Of Former Nominee; Vacancy; Appointment Of Officers; Certification Of Names And Addresses; Temporary Officers; Proxy; County Committee; Delegates At Large; Vacancy In District Delegation.
  (1) In the year 1966 and every second year thereafter, the delegates to the fall county convention of each political party in each county...
• Section 168.600 Congressional District Conventions And Caucuses; Election And Terms Of Officers And Committee.
  At the 1964 fall congressional district convention provided for in this act for congressional districts, the majority of the electors of which, reside in...
• Section 168.600a Congressional District Officers; Residence Requirement, Exception.
  No person shall vote or hold any office or position in any congressional district committee or organization unless he is at that time a...
• Section 168.601 County Comprising Single Congressional Or Judicial District; County Committee.
  In a county comprising a single representative, senatorial or judicial district, the county committee of each political party of each such county shall constitute...
• Section 168.602 County Comprising More Than One Congressional District; County Committee.
  In a county comprising more than 1 representative or senatorial district, the members of the county committee of each political party residing in each...
• Section 168.603 Repealed. 1967, Act 189, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided for district committee membership at party convention.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.603a Counties Over 400,000; Legislators As Members Of Congressional District Committee And Delegates At Large.
  In counties having a population of more than 400,000 persons, all members of the state legislature shall be members of the congressional district committee...
• Section 168.604 Repealed. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to call for fall county convention.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.605 Delegates To Fall County Convention; Write-in Candidates.
  The name of the candidate for delegate to the county convention shall not be printed upon the official primary election ballot, but 1 or...
• Section 168.606 Delegates To Fall County Convention; Election, Notice.
  Delegates to the fall county convention shall be elected by townships and in cities by precincts and the county clerk shall notify by mail...
• Section 168.607 Delegates To Fall County Convention; Election; Votes Required; Tie Vote; Determination By Lot.
  (1) The required number of electors who receive the highest number of votes for delegates to the fall county convention of a political party...
• Section 168.608 Certifying And Recording Names Of Delegates; Filing; Notification Of Delegates; Certification Of Delegates To County Conventions; Definition.
  (1) The board of primary election inspectors shall certify to the county clerk the names of the electors elected as delegates, naming the political...
• Section 168.609 Delegates To City Or County Convention; Proxy Prohibited; Vacancies In Delegation.
  No delegate elected to any city or county convention shall give a proxy to represent him at such convention. All vacancies occurring in any...
• Section 168.610 Repealed. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to selection of national committeeman and national committeewoman.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.611 Reconvening Of Delegates In County Convention; Election Of Delegates To State Convention; Day, Time, And Place Of County Convention; Definitions.
  (1) In the year 1956, and each fourth year after 1956, delegates of each political party who were elected to the last prior fall...
• Section 168.612 Precinct Or Convention Delegate; Age.
  Any person of the age of 18 years or older shall be eligible to be a candidate for election as a precinct delegate or...
• Section 168.613 Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the presidential primary.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.613a Statewide Presidential Primary Election; Time; Limitation On Participation; Conduct.
  (1) A statewide presidential primary election shall be conducted under this act on the second Tuesday in March in each presidential election year. (2)...
• Section 168.613c Consolidation Of Local Units As New City; Election Of Officers On March 7, 2000.
  Notwithstanding any law or charter provision to the contrary, if 2 cities and a village are to be consolidated as a new city in...
• Section 168.614 Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the presidential primary.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.614a List Of Potential Presidential Candidates; Issuance; Filing; Notice.
  (1) Not later than 4 p.m. of the second Friday in November of the year before the presidential election, the secretary of state shall...
• Section 168.615 Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the presidential primary.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.615a Printing Name Of Presidential Candidate On Ballot; Filing Affidavit; Filing Nominating Petition; Signatures; Conformity; Rotation Of Names On Ballot; Space To Vote Uncommitted.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the secretary of state shall cause the name of a presidential candidate notified by the secretary...
• Section 168.615c Selection Of Political Party Ballot By Elector; Separate Record; Disclosure; Record Retention.
  (1) In order to vote at a presidential primary election, an elector shall indicate in writing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of...
• Section 168.616 Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the presidential primary.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.616a Canvass Of Returns; Certification Of Results; Release Of Ballots, Ballot Boxes, Voting Machines, And Equipment.
  (1) The board of state canvassers shall canvass the returns received from the boards of county canvassers and certify the statewide and congressional district...
• Section 168.617 Repealed. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to county conventions.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.618 Allocation Of Delegates To National Convention; Qualifications Of Delegates; Selection Procedures.
  The allocation of all delegates and alternates to a national convention shall be made by the state central committee of each party. All delegates...
• Section 168.619 National Convention Delegates; Basis Of Election; Affidavit; Certification; Duration Of Commitment; Vacancy; Legislator Prohibited From Selecting Delegates; Participation Of Legislator In Convention Business; Opportunity Of Registered Elector Or Public Official To Be Elected As Delegate Not Restricted.
  (1) National convention delegates elected under this act shall be elected on a basis that insures that the proportion of the total national convention...
• Section 168.620 Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to rules, procedures, allocation, and qualification of delegates.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.620a Law Applicable To Selection Of Delegates; State Or National Political Party Rule.
  For purposes of this act, a state political party shall follow state law pertaining to the selection of delegates if required to follow state...

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