2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 168 - MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW
Act 116 of 1954 - MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (168.1 - 168.992)
116-1954-XXXVI - CHAPTER XXXVI RECALL (168.951...168.976)
Section 168.972 - Nominating and voting for candidate for nonpartisan office; signing and filing nominating petition; election to fill vacancy for unexpired term; signing, contents, and filing of petition.

Sec. 972.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a candidate for a nonpartisan office shall be nominated and voted for in an election scheduled under section 971 by filing a nominating petition or paying a $100.00 nonrefundable fee not later than 4 p.m. on the fifteenth day after the clerk of the county where the petition was filed announces the official result of the recall election. The clerk shall publicly announce the result of the recall election at the conclusion of the meeting held by the board of county canvassers to certify the recall election. The nominating petition shall be filed with the clerk of the electoral district and signed by a number of qualified and registered electors of the electoral district as determined under section 544f. Instead of filing a nominating petition, an individual may become a candidate by paying a $100.00 nonrefundable fee with the clerk of the electoral district.

(2) This subsection applies to an election to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term created by a recall of a school board member, if the election is scheduled to be held on the same date as a general election. A nominating petition filed by a candidate shall be signed by a number of qualified and registered electors of the school district as determined under section 303. The nominating petition shall clearly state that it relates to the filling of a vacancy for an unexpired term and shall be filed with the school district election coordinator, as designated by section 301, not later than 4 p.m. on the fifteenth day after the clerk of the county where the petition was filed announces the official result of the recall election. The clerk shall publicly announce the result of the recall election at the conclusion of the meeting held by the board of county canvassers to certify the recall election. Instead of filing a nominating petition, an individual may become a candidate by paying a $100.00 nonrefundable fee to the school district election coordinator.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 66, Imd. Eff. Apr. 2, 1976 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 107, Imd. Eff. Apr. 7, 1978 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 533, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978 ;-- Am. 1979, Act 2, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1979 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 26, Imd. Eff. May 22, 1989 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 298, Imd. Eff. July 23, 2004
Popular Name: Election Code