Section 168.56 - Governor; death; selection of new candidate; ballots. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954

168.56 Governor; death; selection of new candidate; ballots.

Sec. 56.

When any candidate of a political party for the office of governor, after having qualified as a candidate, shall die, after the time specified for filing in section 53, leaving such party without a candidate for such office, a candidate to fill the vacancy thereby caused may be selected by the state central committee of such party, and the name of the candidate so selected shall be transmitted to the county officers, required by law to print and distribute ballots. The name of such candidate shall be printed on the ballot, but if the primary ballots have been printed, the county officers shall cause to be printed a sufficient number of gummed labels or stickers bearing the name of such candidate, which shall be distributed to the various voting precincts in their respective counties, and the board of election inspectors of each such precinct shall cause 1 of such stickers to be placed on each ballot, over the name of the candidate who has died, before such ballot is handed to the elector.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 34, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 322, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1966
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