Section 168.552a Validity of Petition or Signature.

MI Comp L § 168.552a (2019) (N/A)

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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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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 Petitions; Review; Filing of Nominating Petitions With Secretary of State; Notification; Canvass of Petitions; Hearing; Subpoenas; Oaths; Adjournment; Completion of Canvass; Availability to Public; Declaration; Request for Notice of Approval or Rejection of Petition; Judicial Review; Use of Qualified Voter File; Certification to Boards of Election Commissioners.

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Section 168.553 Nominating Petitions; Insufficiency, Notice to Candidate.