Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-XXVIII-NOTICES-OF-ELECTION - Notices of Election (168.647...168.653a)
Section 168.653a - Election Notice; Publication; Form; Agreement to Jointly Publish Notice.

Sec. 653a.
(1) On receipt of the notice from the county clerk pursuant to section 652, the clerk of each city and township shall give notice of the time and place at which the election is to be held, the offices to be filled, and the proposals to be submitted to the voters. The notice shall be published in a newspaper published, or of general circulation, in the city or township. A caption or brief description of the proposal or proposals along with the location where an elector can obtain the full text of the proposal or proposals shall be included in the notice. The publication shall be made not less than 7 days before the election. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:

History: Add. 1982, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Jan. 27, 1982 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005 Compiler's Notes: Enacting section 4 of Act 71 of 2005 provides:"Enacting section 4. If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances is found invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that 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

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