Section 168.326 - Candidate for city office; death, selection of new candidate; ballots.
MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954
168.326 Candidate for city office; death, selection of new candidate; ballots.
Sec. 326.
When any candidate of a political party for any city office, after having qualified as a candidate, shall die, after the last day for qualifying, leaving such party without a candidate for the office, a candidate to fill the vacancy thereby caused may be selected by the members of the city committee, and the name of the candidate so selected shall be transmitted to the city officials required by law to print and distribute ballots, and such city officials shall cause to be printed a sufficient number of gummed labels or stickers bearing the name of the candidate, which shall be distributed to the various voting precincts within their city, and the board of election inspectors of each such precinct shall cause 1 of such stickers to be placed on each ballot over the name of the candidate who has died before such ballot is handed to the elector.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 322, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1966
Popular Name: Election Code