Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.552a (2026)
Validity of petition or signature.
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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW
Act 116 of 1954
168.552a Validity of petition or signature.
Sec. 552a.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, a petition or a signature is not invalid solely because the designation of city or township has not been made on the petition form if a city and an adjoining township have the same name.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, if a person who signs a petition uses his or her mailing address on the petition and that mailing address incorporates the political jurisdiction in which the person is registered to vote, that signature shall be counted if the signature is otherwise determined to be genuine and valid under this act.
History: Add. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996
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case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Robert Davis v. Janice Winfrey (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
Robert Davis v. Janice Winfrey (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “Concluding that Jenkins’s nominating petitions included the required content and were not rendered invalid by the failure to strike “township” from the heading is also consistent with the provisions of MCL 168.552a. This statute provides, in pertinent part: Notwithstanding any…”
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