Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.472a (2026)

Petition; signatures to be counted.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW

Act 116 of 1954

168.472a Petition; signatures to be counted.

Sec. 472a.

The signature on a petition that proposes an amendment to the constitution or is to initiate legislation shall not be counted if the signature was made more than 180 days before the petition is filed with the office of the secretary of state.

History: Add. 1973, Act 24, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1973 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 112, Imd. Eff. Aug. 19, 1973 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 219, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 142, Imd. Eff. June 7, 2016

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Cited in 11 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1986–2022 · leading case: Consumers Power Co. v. Attorney Gen., 392 N.W.2d 513 (Mich. 1986).

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Consumers Power Co. v. Attorney Gen., 392 N.W.2d 513 (Mich. 1986). · cites it 6× “In this declaratory judgment action brought by Consumers Power Company and the Detroit Edison Company, the Ingham Circuit Court and the Court of Appeals have determined that MCL 168.472a; MSA 6.1472(1) is constitutional.”

Taxpayers United for Assessment Cuts v. Richard H. Austin, Citizens for Educ. Ballot Question Comm., Intervening, 994 F.2d 291 (6th Cir. 1993). “August 18, 1987), which is cited by the state defendants, this court affirmed the dismissal of a federal constitutional challenge to Mich.Comp.Laws Ann. § 168.472a, which is part of the statute regulating the initiative process.”

Comm. to Ban Fracking in Michigan v. Bd of State Canvassers (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 8× “Despite the fact that this question has been before the judiciary since first raised by plaintiff in 2016, we have yet to provide an answer.”

Comm. to Ban Fracking in Michigan v. Bd of State Canvassers (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 7× “472a, plaintiff, Committee to Ban Fracking in Michigan (CBFM), appeals as of right the order of the Court of Claims granting summary disposition in favor of defendant, the Board of State Canvassers, under MCR 2.116(I)(1), on the basis of a lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.”

Gadigian v. City of Taylor, 774 N.W.2d 352 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). “985(2); MCL 168.472a. 3 Unquestionably, a municipal corporation bears a statutory duty to maintain its sidewalks in reasonable repair once it has notice of a defect.”

League Of Women Voters Of Michigan V Sec'y Of State (Mich. 2022). · cites it 5× “MCL 168.472a. 32 licensing requirement for this line of work.”

Mamie Graziano v. Dir. of Elections (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 4× “The Committee filed suit in the Court of Claims, challenging the constitutionality of MCL 168.472a, which provides that an initiative-petition signature shall not be counted if it was made more than 180 days before the filing of the initiative-petition.”

Line v. Michigan, 434 N.W.2d 224 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988). “In that case, the Court considered the constitutionality of MCL 168.472a; MSA 6.1472(1), which provides: It shall be rebuttably presumed that the signature on a petition which proposes an amendment to the constitution or is to initiate legislation, is stale and void if it was…”

Senate v. Sec'y of State (Mich. 2020). “13 Thus, “it is reasonable to expect that the same controversy will recur” between MFTE and the Secretary of State, “yet evade meaningful judicial review.”

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