Section 168.322 - Candidates for city offices; nominating petitions; signatures; form; filing; exception. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954

168.322 Candidates for city offices; nominating petitions; signatures; form; filing; exception.

Sec. 322.

For the name of a candidate of a political party for a city office, including a ward office, to appear under the particular party heading on the official primary election ballots for use in the city, a nominating petition shall be filed with the city clerk not later than 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the August primary, or not later than 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the September primary election for a city that holds a September primary election. A nominating petition shall be signed by a number of qualified and registered electors of the political party who reside in the city or ward as determined under section 544f. This section does not apply to a city if the city charter provides for a different method of nominating candidates for public office. The form of the petition shall be as provided in section 544c.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 7, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 3, 1976 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005
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