Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-VII - Chapter VII United States Senator (168.91...168.121)
Section 168.109 - United States Senator; Contested Election; Restraining Order of Supreme Court.

Sec. 109.
Whenever the election of a United States senator is contested before the United States senate, or notice of a contested election for United States senator may be given, or whenever any judicial proceeding may be instituted preliminary to a contested election involving the right to a seat in said United States senate from the state of Michigan, and it shall be made to appear to the supreme court of the state of Michigan that there is danger that the ballot boxes used in the election of said United States senator within said state will not be properly preserved, the seals upon said boxes interfered with, said ballot boxes opened or the ballots therein interfered with or destroyed, such supreme court shall grant a restraining order directed to the officers having custody of said ballot boxes within said state restraining them and all other persons from interfering with said boxes, seals or locks thereon, or the ballots therein, except as therein provided.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law

Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)

116-1954-VII - Chapter VII United States Senator (168.91...168.121)

Section 168.91 - United States Senator; Eligibility.

Section 168.92 - Candidates for United States Senator; Nomination at Primary.

Section 168.93 - Candidate for United States Senator; Nominating Petition; Signatures; Form; Filing.

Section 168.94 - Candidates; Withdrawal, Notice.

Section 168.95 - Candidate for United States Senator; Death; Selection of Candidate to Fill Vacancy; Ballots.

Section 168.96 - Candidate for United States Senator; Write-In.

Section 168.97 - Candidates; Nomination, Certification.

Section 168.98 - Candidates; Withdrawal After Nomination.

Section 168.99 - Candidates; Death, Withdrawal or Disqualification; New Candidate, Selection, Certification; Ballots.

Section 168.100 - United States Senator; Election.

Section 168.101 - United States Senator; Certificate of Determination by Board of State Canvassers.

Section 168.102 - United States Senator; Certificate of Election by Governor.

Section 168.103 - United States Senator; Term of Office.

Section 168.104 - United States Senator; Resignation, Notice.

Section 168.105 - United States Senator; Vacancy; Successor, Appointment by Governor, Tenure.

Section 168.106 - United States Senator; Votes Cast at Primary or General Election Subject to Recount.

Section 168.107 - United States Senator; Vacancy, Creation.

Section 168.108 - United States Senator; Removal From Office.

Section 168.109 - United States Senator; Contested Election; Restraining Order of Supreme Court.

Section 168.110 - Contested Election; Preservation of Ballots, Application for Restraining Order by Petition; Notice, Hearing; Temporary Restraining Order Pending Hearing.

Section 168.110a - Repealed. 1978, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 7, 1978.

Section 168.111 - Contested Election; Service of Restraining Order, Method.

Section 168.112 - Contested Election; Permanent Restraining Order, Delivery of Ballot Boxes to Custody of County Clerk.

Section 168.113 - Contested Election; Commissioners, Appointment, Packaging of Ballots.

Section 168.114 - Contested Election; Commissioners, Redeposit of Ballots With County Clerk, Statement.

Section 168.115 - Contested Election; Removal of Ballots by Commissioners, Notice.

Section 168.116 - Contested Election; Removal of Ballots, Representation of Candidate.

Section 168.117 - Contested Election; Commissioners, Compensation.

Section 168.118 - Contested Election; Violation of Restraining Order, Penalty.

Section 168.119 - Contested Election; Application for Restraining Order to Circuit Court, Authority of Court.

Section 168.120 - Contested Elections; Purpose of Act.

Section 168.121 - Repealed. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.