Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-X - Chapter X Prosecuting Attorney; Sheriff; County Clerk; County Treasurer; Register of Deeds; Drain Commissioner; Coroners; Surveyor (168.191...168.211)
Section 168.199 - Candidates for County Offices; Death, Withdrawal or Disqualification; New Candidate, Selection, Certification; Ballots.

Sec. 199.
Whenever a candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to any office named in section 191 of this act, shall die, withdraw as provided in section 198, remove from the county, or become disqualified for any reason, the county committee of such party shall meet forthwith and, by a majority vote of the members thereof, shall select a candidate to fill the vacancy thereby caused. The name of the candidate so selected shall be immediately certified by the chairman and the secretary of said committee to the county clerk and to the board of county election commissioners, whose duty it is to prepare the official ballots and who shall cause to be printed or placed upon such ballots, in the proper place, the name of the candidate so selected to fill such vacancy.
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-X - Chapter X Prosecuting Attorney; Sheriff; County Clerk; County Treasurer; Register of Deeds; Drain Commissioner; Coroners; Surveyor (168.191...168.211)

Section 168.191 - County Officers; Eligibility.

Section 168.192 - Candidates for County Offices; Nomination at Primary.

Section 168.193 - Candidate for County Offices; Nominating Petitions; Signatures; Form; Nonrefundable Filing Fee in Lieu of Nominating Petitions; Deposit and Use of Fee.

Section 168.194 - Candidates for Nomination; Withdrawal, Notice.

Section 168.195 - Candidate for County Offices; Death; Selection of Candidate to Fill Vacancy; Ballots.

Section 168.196 - Candidates for Nomination; Write-In.

Section 168.197 - Candidates for County Offices; Nomination, Certification.

Section 168.198 - Withdrawal of Candidate After Nomination for Office; Replacement of Candidate Dying Before Election; Vacancy.

Section 168.199 - Candidates for County Offices; Death, Withdrawal or Disqualification; New Candidate, Selection, Certification; Ballots.

Section 168.200 - County Officers; Election; Combination or Separation of Offices of County Clerk and Register of Deeds.

Section 168.201 - County Officers; Certificate of Determination by Board of County Canvassers.

Section 168.202 - County Officers; Certificate of Election; Publication of Certificate of Determination and Statement of Votes.

Section 168.203 - County Officers; Terms of Office.

Section 168.204 - County Officers; Oath of Office, Bond, Deposit.

Section 168.205 - County Officers; Resignation, Notice.

Section 168.206 - County Offices; Vacancy, Creation.

Section 168.206a - County Officers; Death Before Commencement of Term.

Section 168.207 - County Officers; Removal From Office; Service of Charges, Hearing.

Section 168.208 - Repealed. 2014, Act 418, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 2014.

Section 168.209 - County Office; Vacancy; Manner of Filling.

Section 168.210 - County Officers; Primary or Election, Recount of Votes.

Section 168.211 - County Officers; Recall.