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MI HB5943
Bill
Status
9/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Ed McBroom
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AI Summary
HB 5943 Summary
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Allows county boards of commissioners in counties with populations under 75,000 to adopt resolutions conducting nonpartisan elections for county offices including clerk, treasurer, register of deeds, prosecuting attorney, sheriff, drain commissioner, surveyor, coroner, and auditor.
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Allows township boards of trustees in townships with populations under 75,000 to adopt resolutions conducting nonpartisan elections for township offices including supervisor, clerk, treasurer, and trustee.
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Requires nonpartisan primary elections to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in August before general November elections in counties and townships that adopt nonpartisan election resolutions.
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Changes petition filing deadlines from the twelfth Tuesday to the fifteenth Tuesday before August primary elections and allows $100 filing fees as alternatives to nominating petitions.
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Resolutions adopting nonpartisan elections take effect on December 31 of the year adopted and must be certified to appropriate election commissions; candidates selected at primary elections advance to general November elections.
Legislative Description
Elections; local; nonpartisan county and township elections; allow under certain circumstances. Amends secs. 192, 193, 197, 200, 223, 223a, 224, 228, 231, 253, 254, 258, 261, 345, 349, 355, 370, 370a, 697 & 699 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.192 et seq.) & adds secs. 192a, 193a, 197a, 200a, 223b, 224a, 228a, 231a, 253a, 254a, 258a, 261a, 345a, 349b, 356a & 357a.
Townships: employees and officers
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/22/2016
10/19/2016