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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.1 (2026)

Short title; Michigan election law.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW


Act 116 of 1954


168.1 Short title; Michigan election law.

Sec. 1.

    This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Michigan election law".

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955

Compiler's Notes:

    The former Michigan election law, consisting of MCL 145.1 to 199.1 and deriving from Act 351 of 1925, was repealed by Act 116 of 1954.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 86 cases (27 in the last 5 years), 1957–2026 · leading case: In Re Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutionality of 2005 Pa 71, 740 N.W.2d 444 (Mich. 2007).
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In Re Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutionality of 2005 Pa 71, 740 N.W.2d 444 (Mich. 2007). · cites it 4× “UNDERLYING BACKGROUND FACTS In 1996, our Legislature amended the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq., to include § 523, which required a voter to present photo identification before voting.”
People v. Pinkney, 912 N.W.2d 535 (Mich. 2018). · cites it 2× “935, 6 already sets forth an identical penalty for felonies under the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq . 7 Second, the Court reasoned that interpreting § 937 as a penalty provision would contravene the Legislature's intent in enacting the Election Law, which the Court…”
Stand Up for Democracy v. Sec'y of State, 822 N.W.2d 159 (Mich. 2012). · cites it 2× “482(2) and demonstrates a clear intent that petitions for referendums, voter initiatives, and constitutional amendments strictly comply with the form and content requirements of the statute.”
Woodland v. Michigan Citizens Lobby, 378 N.W.2d 337 (Mich. 1985). · cites it 2× “[5] See MCL 168.1 et seq.; MSA 6.1001 et seq. For example, candidates seeking election to the offices of Governor or United States Senator need only obtain signatures equal to one percent of the votes cast by the candidate's party for Secretary of State in the last November…”
People v. Hall, 880 N.W.2d 785 (Mich. 2016). “1 MCL 168.1 et seq. 2 The Court of Appeals held that this statute creates a substantive offense.”
People v. Pinkney, 891 N.W.2d 891 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “As the Hall I panel correctly recognized, the purpose of the Michigan Election Law act, MCL 168.1 et seq., is to regulate primaries and elections, provide for the “purity” of the election process, and guard against abuse.”
Risk v. Lincoln Charter Twp. Bd. of Trs., 760 N.W.2d 510 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “Under the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq., township park commissioners are “[elective township officers,” MCL 168.”
Advisory Opinion on Constitutionality of 1975 PA 227, 242 N.W.2d 3 (Mich. 1976). “Michigan Election Law, MCLA 168.1 et seq.; MSA 6.1001 et seq.”
Herp v. Lansing City Clerk, 416 N.W.2d 367 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “[1] Nor did the petitions comply with the requirements of § 544c of the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq.; MSA 6.1001 et seq., that "except as otherwise expressly provided .”
McCarthy v. Austin, 423 F. Supp. 990 (W.D. Mich. 1976). · cites it 2× “(1) The name of a candidate of a new political party shall not be printed upon the official ballots of an election unless the chairman and secretary of the state central committee of the party * * * filed with the secretary of state, at least 3 months before the primary…”
Martin v. Murray, 867 N.W.2d 444 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “, and the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq., the 10 remaining members of the board of education would have possessed the authority to fill the vacancy occasioned by Banks’s resignation if there had been no declared financial emergency within DPS at the time.”
Deleeuw v. Bd. of State Canvassers, 688 N.W.2d 847 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “There is no dispute that under the Election Law, MCL 168.1 et seq., a petition to qualify as an independent candidate for President of the United States on the 2004 Michigan ballot must include the signatures of at least thirty thousand electors and be filed no later than 4:00 P.”
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