Section 168.467p - Judge of district court; filling new office created for fifty-fourth-b district in odd year general election; nomination of candidates; nominating petitions; certification of secret - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954

168.467p Judge of district court; filling new office created for fifty-fourth-b district in odd year general election; nomination of candidates; nominating petitions; certification of secretary of state; preparation and distribution of ballots.

Sec. 467p.

(1) If a new office of judge of the district court is created by law for the fifty-fourth-b district to be effective January 1, 1990, the office shall be filled in an odd year general election held in the city of East Lansing on November 7, 1989.

(2) Candidates for the office described in subsection (1) shall be nominated at an odd year primary election held in the city of East Lansing on August 8, 1989. The secretary of state shall receive the nominating petitions of a person seeking to have his or her name printed on the odd year primary election ballot up to 4 p.m. on June 20, 1989. The secretary of state shall certify to the Ingham county board of election commissioners and the city of East Lansing the names of the persons whose petitions have been properly filed.

(3) The city of East Lansing shall be responsible for the preparation and distribution of ballots for the elections provided for in this section.

History: Add. 1988, Act 133, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1988
Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 133 of 1988 provides: “For any additional judgeships created by a 1988 amendatory act to be filled by election in 1988, for that election only, in lieu of the nominating petitions required by the Michigan election law, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, a person may have his or her name printed on the primary election ballot by filing an affidavit stating the person is eligible for the judicial office he or she is seeking, and paying a filing fee of $500.00. The filing fee shall not be refundable except for the 2 persons receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary election. The secretary of state shall receive nominating petitions or filing fees and the required affidavits under sections 544b and 558 of Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 168.544b and 168.558 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, from a candidate for a judgeship created in 1988 up to 4 p.m. on Friday, June 3, 1988. A candidate for a judgeship shall not be permitted to withdraw unless a written notice of withdrawal is served on the secretary of state or his duly authorized agent not later than 4 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 1988.”
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