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 168.552a - Validity of Petition or Signature.

Sec. 552a.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, a petition or a signature is not invalid solely because the designation of city or township has not been made on the petition form if a city and an adjoining township have the same name.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, if a person who signs a petition uses his or her mailing address on the petition and that mailing address incorporates the political jurisdiction in which the person is registered to vote, that signature shall be counted if the signature is otherwise determined to be genuine and valid under this act.
History: Add. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 Popular Name: Election Code

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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Section 168.543, 168.544 - Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff.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Section 168.547 - Repealed. 1965, Act 312, Eff.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...