Sec. 16.
Every registered elector may vote on the adoption of the constitution. The board of election commissioners in each county shall cause to be printed on a ballot separate from the ballot containing the names of the nominees for office, the words: Shall the revised constitution be adopted? ( ) Yes. ( ) No. All votes cast at the election shall be taken, counted, canvassed and returned as provided by law for the election of state officers. If the revised constitution so submitted receives more votes in its favor than were cast against it, it shall be the supreme law of the state on and after the first day of January of the year following its adoption.
History: Const. 1963, Schedule, § 16, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 Former Constitution: See Const. 1908, Schedule, § 11.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 1 - Constitution of The State of Michigan of 1963
CONSTITUTION OF MICHIGAN OF 1963 - State Constitution (Article I § 1 - § 0)
Schedule § 1 Recommendations by Attorney General for Changes in Laws.
Schedule § 2 Existing Public and Private Rights, Continuance.
Schedule § 3 Officers, Continuance in Office.
Schedule § 4 Officers Elected in Spring of 1963, Term.
Schedule § 5 State Elective Executive Officers and Senators, 2 and 4 Year Terms.
Schedule § 6 Supreme Court, Reduction to 7 Justices.
Schedule § 7 Judges of Probate, Eligibility for Re-Election.
Schedule § 8 Judicial Officers, Staggered Terms.
Schedule § 9 State Board of Education; First Election, Terms.
Schedule § 11 Michigan State University Trustees and Wayne State University Governors, Terms.
Schedule § 12 Initial Allocation of Departments by Law or Executive Order.
Schedule § 13 State Contracts, Continuance.
Schedule § 15 Submission of Constitution; Time, Notice.