Section 168.95 - Candidates; death; new candidate, selection, certification; ballots. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954

168.95 Candidates; death; new candidate, selection, certification; ballots.

Sec. 95.

When any candidate of a political party for the office of United States senator, after having qualified as a candidate, shall die, after the last day for qualifying, leaving such party without a candidate for the office of United States senator, a candidate to fill the vacancy thereby caused may be selected by the state central committee and the name of the candidate so selected shall be transmitted to the secretary of state and to the county officials required by law to print and distribute ballots, and such county officials shall cause to be printed a sufficient number of gummed labels or stickers bearing the name of the candidate, which shall be distributed to the various voting precincts within 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. 1966, Act 322, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1966
Popular Name: Election Code