Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558)
Section 168.544d - Nominating Petitions for Offices and Purposes; Circulation; Form; Identification of City or Township; Certificate of Circulator; Other Form Not Prohibited.

Sec. 544d.
Nominating petitions for the offices under this act and petitions for a local proposal may be circulated on a countywide form. Petitions circulated countywide must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, which form must be substantially as provided in sections 482, 544a, or 544c, whichever is applicable. The secretary of state may provide for a petition form larger than 8-1/2 inches by 13 inches and shall provide for identification of the city or township in which the person signing the petition is registered. The certificate of the circulator may be on the reverse side of the petition. This section does not prohibit the circulation of petitions on another form prescribed by this act.
History: Add. 1975, Act 327, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1976 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 114, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 608, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018 Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 116 of 1988 provides: “If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances shall be found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act which can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”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-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Primary Elections (168.531...168.588)

116-1954-XXIV-PREPARATION-AND-FILING-OF-NOMINATING-PETITIONS;-FE - Preparation and Filing of Nominating Petitions; Fees (168.542...168.558)

Section 168.542 - Nominating Petitions; Provisions Governing.

Section 168.543, 168.544 - Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966.

Section 168.544a - Nonpartisan Nominating Petitions; Size, Form, Contents.

Section 168.544b - Candidates for Judicial Office; Affidavit of Qualifications to Be Filed With Nominating Petitions.

Section 168.544c - Nominating Petition; Type Size; Form; Contents; Circulation and Signing; Validity of Elector's Signature; Agreement of Circulator to Accept Jurisdiction; Service With Legal Process; Violations; Misdemeanor; Felony; Sanctions; Refus...

Section 168.544d - Nominating Petitions for Offices and Purposes; Circulation; Form; Identification of City or Township; Certificate of Circulator; Other Form Not Prohibited.

Section 168.544e - Canvassing Petitions; Number Designations for Months.

Section 168.544f - Number of Signatures Required.

Section 168.545 - Nominating Petitions; Combination of Two Offices.

Section 168.546 - Nominating Petitions; Supply by County and City Clerks; Printing by Candidate.

Section 168.547 - Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff. Jan. 1, 1966.

Section 168.547a - Nominating Petitions; Signatures by Voters, Number, Counting.

Section 168.548 - Nominating Petitions; Maximum Number of Signatures.

Section 168.549 - Nominating Petitions; Excess Signatures, Counting.

Section 168.550 - Candidates for Nomination; Qualification Upon Compliance With Act.

Section 168.551 - Nominating Petitions or Filing Fees; Filing Period.

Section 168.551a - Repealed. 1956, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956.

Section 168.552 - Nominating Petitions; Certification by County or City Clerk; Sworn Complaint; Investigation to Determine Validity of Signatures and Genuineness of Petition; Examination of Petitions; Declaration of Sufficiency or Insufficiency of Pe...

Section 168.552a - Validity of Petition or Signature.

Section 168.553 - Nominating Petitions; Insufficiency, Notice to Candidate.

Section 168.554 - List of Candidates; Posting.

Section 168.554a - Repealed. 1971, Act 5, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972.

Section 168.555 - Nominating Petitions and Filing Fees; Public Record, Contents; Public Inspection.

Section 168.556 - Nominating Petitions; Final Disposition, Record.

Section 168.557 - Repealed. 2002, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 2002.

Section 168.558 - Filing Nominating Petition, Qualifying Petition, Filing Fee, or Affidavit of Candidacy; Affidavit of Identity; Requirement to Indicate Name Change; Exception; Statement; Noncompliance; Selection of Office to Which Candidacy Restrict...