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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.347 (2026)

Primaries; provisions governing; recounts; duties of township clerk.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW


Act 116 of 1954


168.347 Primaries; provisions governing; recounts; duties of township clerk.

Sec. 347.

    Except as otherwise provided in this act, the laws governing nominating petitions, the conduct of general primary elections, the furnishing of ballots, and the depositing, counting, and canvassing of ballots shall, as near as may be, apply to primaries held under the provisions of this chapter. Recounts shall be conducted by the board of county canvassers. All duties that, under the parts of this act relating to general elections or primary elections, fall upon the county clerk shall be performed in the same manner by the township clerk.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013

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Cited in 2 cases, 1981–2000 · leading case: Exeter Twp. Clerk v. Exeter Twp. Bd., 310 N.W.2d 357 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981).
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Exeter Twp. Clerk v. Exeter Twp. Bd., 310 N.W.2d 357 (Mich. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “The Michigan Election Law provides, in MCL 168.347; MSA 6.1347, that all duties relating to nominating petitions, to the conduct of primary elections, or to the conduct of general elections which ordinarily devolve upon the county clerk under the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.”
People v. Woods, 616 N.W.2d 211 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). “MCL 168.347; MSA 6.1347 imposes on township clerks the duties of the county clerk with respect to township *561 primary elections.”
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