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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-168 > Act-116-of-1954 > 116-1954-ix > Section-168-172MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954
168.172 State senators and representatives; certificate of election; publication of certificate of determination and statement of votes; notice of election results.
Sec. 172.
The secretary of state or the county clerk shall file in his or her office and preserve the original statement and determination of the board of state canvassers or the board of county canvassers of the result of the election and shall immediately execute and cause to be delivered to the persons declared elected, a certificate of election, certified by him or her under the great seal of the state or the seal of the circuit court of the county. In each county which alone constitutes 1 or more senatorial or representative districts, the county clerk may cause a copy of the certificate of determination, together with a statement of votes cast at the election for the officers, to be published in at least 1 newspaper printed or circulated, or both, in that county. The county clerk shall notify the daily or weekly newspapers of the election results, in writing, as soon as practical after that information becomes available.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 162, Eff. Mar. 31, 1986
Popular Name: Election Code
