Michigan Statutes116-1954-XXIV - CHAPTER XXIV PRIMARY ELECTIONS (168.531...168.588)
- 116-1954-XXIV-CANVASSING-OF-PRIMARY-RETURNS - CANVASSING OF PRIMARY RETURNS (168.581...168.583)
- 116-1954-XXIV-CONDUCT-OF-PRIMARY-ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS (168.574...168.580)
- 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-DISTRIBUTION-OF-BALLOTS - PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BALLOTS (168.559...168.573)
- Section 168.559 - Official primary election ballots; preparation, distribution.
- Section 168.560 - Official ballots; contents; exclusive use; size.
- Section 168.560a - General election ballot; qualifying to list name, party vignette, and candidates thereon.
- Section 168.560b - Name appearing on ballot; change; appearance of given and middle name; nickname; married name; violation.
- Section 168.561 - Official primary election ballots; offices for which name of candidate to be included; filing request for clarifying designation of same or similar surnames; notice of determination;
- Section 168.561a - Official ballots; designation of candidate with same given and surname as incumbent.
- Section 168.562 - Official ballots; delegates to county convention.
- Section 168.562a - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
- Section 168.562b - Election as delegate to state convention or national convention; signing affidavit; voting for presidential candidate; filing affidavit.
- Section 168.563 - Primary election ballots; number; weight and color of paper; printing and arrangement.
- Section 168.564 - Official ballots; failure of party to file required petitions, party ballot not printed.
- Section 168.565 - Filing, mailing, and correcting proof copies of ballots; affidavit.
- Section 168.566 - Official primary ballots; posting for public inspection.
- Section 168.567 - Official primary ballots; errors, correction by board of election commissioners.
- Section 168.568 - Official primary election ballots; form; contents.
- Section 168.569 - Official primary ballots; numbering; separation of columns.
- Section 168.569a - Rotation of names; manner; effect of using absent voter counting boards; section applicable to nonpartisan general elections and municipal elections.
- Section 168.570 - Paper ballots; numbering; identification; function of and requirements for detachable corner stub; distribution of ballots; form.
- Section 168.570a - Official primary ballots; candidates for township offices, order of listing, party qualification; references to February primary and April election, definition.
- Section 168.571 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 57, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963.
- Section 168.572 - Official primary ballots; provision for write-in votes.
- Section 168.573 - Official primary ballots; packaging, seal, certification.
- 116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FEES - PREPARATION AND FILING OF NOMINATING PETITIONS; FEES (168.542...168.558)
- Section 168.542 - Nominating petitions; provisions governing.
- Section 168.543, 168.544 - Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
- Section 168.544a - Nonpartisan nominating petitions; size, form, contents.
- Section 168.544b - Candidates for judicial office; affidavit of qualifications to be filed with nominating petitions.
- Section 168.544c - Nominating petition; type size; form; contents; circulation and signing; unlawful signature; false statement; misdemeanor; sanctions; applicability of section.
- Section 168.544d - Nominating petitions for offices and purposes; circulation; form; identification of city or township; certificate of circulator; other form not prohibited.
- Section 168.544e - Canvassing petitions; number designations for months.
- Section 168.544f - Number of signatures required.
- Section 168.545 - Nominating petitions; combination of two offices.
- Section 168.546 - Nominating petitions; supply by county and city clerks; printing by candidate.
- Section 168.547 - Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
- Section 168.547a - Nominating petitions; signatures by voters, number, counting.
- Section 168.548 - Nominating petitions; maximum number of signatures.
- Section 168.549 - Nominating petitions; excess signatures, counting.
- Section 168.550 - Candidates for nomination; qualification upon compliance with act.
- Section 168.551 - Nominating petitions or filing fees; filing period.
- Section 168.551a - Repealed. 1956, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956.
- 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;
- Section 168.552a - Validity of petition or signature.
- Section 168.553 - Nominating petitions; insufficiency, notice to candidate.
- Section 168.554 - List of candidates; posting.
- Section 168.554a - Repealed. 1971, Act 5, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972.
- Section 168.555 - Nominating petitions and filing fees; public record, contents; public inspection.
- Section 168.556 - Nominating petitions; final disposition, record.
- Section 168.557 - Repealed. 2002, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2002.
- Section 168.558 - Filing nominating petition, filing fee, or affidavit of candidacy; affidavit of identity; noncompliance; selection of office to which candidacy restricted; failure to make selection.
- 116-1954-XXIV-VOTING-MACHINES-AT-PRIMARIES - VOTING MACHINES AT PRIMARIES (168.584...168.588)
- Section 168.531 - Primary elections; nomination of candidates by direct vote.
- Section 168.532 - Nomination by caucus or convention where principal candidate receives less than 5% of vote cast for candidates for secretary of state.
- Section 168.533 - Applicability of act.
- Section 168.534 - General primary; time; party candidates to be voted for; condition to nomination.
- Section 168.535 - General primary; nomination of nonpartisan candidates.
- Section 168.536, 168.537 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 57, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963.
- Section 168.538 - Primary election; notice; posting; publication.
- Section 168.539 - City and county primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of candidates; notice to city and township clerks, public notice.
- Section 168.540 - Nonpartisan primary elections; when not held; certification of candidates.
- Section 168.541 - District primary elections; not held when no opposition; certification of candidates; notice to city and township clerks.