MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW
Act 116 of 1954
168.544d Nominating petitions for offices and purposes; circulation; form; identification of city or township; certificate of circulator; other form not prohibited.
Sec. 544d.
Nominating petitions for the offices under this act and petitions for a local proposal may be circulated on a countywide form. Petitions circulated countywide must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, which form must be substantially as provided in sections 482, 544a, or 544c, whichever is applicable. The secretary of state may provide for a petition form larger than 8-1/2 inches by 13 inches and shall provide for identification of the city or township in which the person signing the petition is registered. The certificate of the circulator may be on the reverse side of the petition. This section does not prohibit the circulation of petitions on another form prescribed by this act.
History: Add. 1975, Act 327, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 1976 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 114, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 218, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 608, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Compiler's Notes:
Section 2 of Act 116 of 1988 provides:
“If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances shall be found to be invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act which can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable.”
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Notes of Decisions
Stand Up for Democracy v. Sec'y of State, 822 N.W.2d 159 (Mich. 2012).
· cites it 22× “25 Plaintiff, however, also relies on MCL 168.544d, which provides that petitions circulated countywide “shall be substantially as provided in [MCL 168.”
Newsome v. Bd. of State Canvassers, 245 N.W.2d 374 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976).
· cites it 6× “1482 but what is the effect of later statute, MCLA 168.544d; MSA 6.1544(4)? It reads: "* * * petitions for * * * initiation of legislation * * * may be circulated countywide.”
Consumers Power Co. v. Attorney Gen., 392 N.W.2d 513 (Mich. 1986).
· cites it 2× “1544(3) and MCL 168.544d; MSA 6.1544(4) set forth the other requirements which are "prescribed by law.”
Stand up for Democracy v. Sec'y of State, 824 N.W.2d 220 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 7× “] As instructed by our Constitution, 1 the Legislature prescribed the form of referendum and other petitions, which is located in MCL 168.544d and provides the following: Nominating petitions for the offices under this act and petitions for a constitutional amendment, initiation…”
Gwcc Holdings LLC v. Alpine Twp. (Mich. Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 6× “Lastly, Alpine Township and the Clerk argued that the petition only needed to substantially comply with any applicable requirements under MCL 168.544d. The trial court, in September 2023, issued an opinion and order ruling in Alpine Township and the Clerk’s favor.”
Nasser Beydoun v. Bd. of State Canvassers (Mich. Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 6× “We also find no merit to plaintiff’s reliance on MCL 168.544d. This statute provides: Nominating petitions for the offices under this act and petitions for a local proposal may be circulated on a countywide form.”
League of Women Voters of Michigan v. Sec'y of State (Mich. Ct. App. 2021).
“See also MCL 168.544d. 10 The statute defines a “paid signature gatherer” as “an individual who is compensated, directly or indirectly, through payments of money or other valuable consideration to obtain signatures on a petition as described in [MCL 168.”
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