Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.42 (2026)

Presidential electors; selection at state political party conventions, certification.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW

Act 116 of 1954

168.42 Presidential electors; selection at state political party conventions, certification.

Sec. 42.

In the year in which presidential electors are to be elected under section 43, each political party in this state shall choose at its fall state convention a number of candidates for electors of president and vice-president of the United States equal to the number of senators and representatives in congress that this state is entitled to elect. The chairperson and the secretary of the state central committee of each political party shall, within 1 business day after the conclusion of the state convention, forward by registered or certified mail a certificate containing the names of the candidates for electors to the secretary of state. The candidates for electors of president and vice-president who shall be considered elected are those whose names have been certified to the secretary of state by that political party receiving the greatest number of votes for those offices at the next November election.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: McCarthy v. Austin, 423 F. Supp. 990 (W.D. Mich. 1976).

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McCarthy v. Austin, 423 F. Supp. 990 (W.D. Mich. 1976). · cites it 2× “§ 168.42, M.S.A. § 6.1042; M.C. L.A. § 168.”

Jackson v. Michigan State Democratic Party, 593 F. Supp. 1033 (E.D. Mich. 1984). · cites it 6× “That, under the provisions of Section 168.42 MCLA, the selection of those Presidential Electors, in Michigan, has been given over to “each political party of the State.”

Gelineau v. Johnson, 904 F. Supp. 2d 742 (W.D. Mich. 2012). · cites it 3× “” Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.42 . Those electors are then bound to vote for their party’s nominees.”

Clifford James Frost, Jr. v. Dana Nessel (6th Cir. 2025). · cites it 2× “” Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.42 . Among these candidates, “those whose names have been certified to the secretary of state by that political party receiving the greatest number of votes” during the presidential election are then “considered elected” as Michigan’s presidential…”

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