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MI SB1095

Bill

Status

Passed

12/31/2018

Primary Sponsor

Wayne Schmidt

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Origin

Senate

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • City clerks must deliver a list of candidates for city office to the county clerk within 3 days after the final candidate withdrawal deadline.

  • If a home rule city's legislative body falls below a quorum, the county board of election commissioners appoints members to reach a quorum, with successors elected at the next regular election date at least 60 days later.

  • Appointments to city offices made by an appointed quorum expire once enough elected members are chosen to constitute a quorum.

  • Local candidates must file nominating petitions by 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the general November election, with certification to the county clerk within 5 days.

  • Ballot question wording for political subdivisions must be certified to the county clerk by 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the election, and petitions to place ballot questions must be filed at least 14 days before that certification deadline.

Legislative Description

Elections; local; filing of nominating petitions for city elections; clarify. Amends secs. 321 & 646a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.321 & 168.646a).

Elections: local

Last Action

Assigned Pa 627'18 With Immediate Effect 12/31/18 Addenda

12/31/2018

Committee Referrals

Elections And Ethics12/6/2018
Elections And Government Reform9/5/2018

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