Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590c (2026)

Qualifying petition; filing; time; filing notice of withdrawal.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW

Act 116 of 1954

168.590c Qualifying petition; filing; time; filing notice of withdrawal.

Sec. 590c.

(1) A qualifying petition for an office shall be filed with the filing officer authorized to receive a partisan nominating petition or a certificate of nomination for that office.

(2) A qualifying petition for an office elected at the general November election shall be filed not later than 4 p.m. of the one hundred-tenth day before the general election. A qualifying petition for an official elected at an election other than the general November election shall be filed not later than the deadline established by statute or charter for filing a partisan petition or certificate of nomination for the office or at least 90 days before that election, whichever is later.

(3) A candidate who files a qualifying petition shall not be permitted to withdraw his or her candidacy unless a written notice of withdrawal is filed with the filing officer who received the petition. The notice shall be filed not later than 4 p.m. of the third day after the last day for filing a qualifying petition.

History: Add. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988

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

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2018–2024 · leading case: Graveline v. Johnson, 336 F. Supp. 3d 801 (E.D. Mich. 2018).

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Graveline v. Johnson, 336 F. Supp. 3d 801 (E.D. Mich. 2018). · cites it 5× “In Count II, Plaintiffs allege that § 168.590c(2) is unconstitutional as applied in combination with the requirements in §§ 168.”

Graveline v. Johnson (E.D. Mich. 2019). · cites it 4× “§§ 168.590c(2), 168.544f. Moreover, the signatures on a qualifying petition must be obtained within 180 days of the filing deadline, and as part of the signature requirement, a qualifying petition must be signed by at least 100 registered voters in each of at least half of…”

Rosa Holliday v. Sec'y of State (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “590b, and MCL 168.590c; Graveline v Benson, 992 F3d 524 (CA 6, 2021).”

Rosa Holliday v. Bd. of State Canvassers (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “02 Mich 386, 391 ; 60 NW 758 (1894) (“[N]o principle of law is better settled than that the writ should not be granted in any case when it is clear that it would prove unavailing; as where the act sought to be enforced is, 2 The parties agree that, to run as an independent…”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.590c(2) — 2 cases

Graveline v. Johnson, 336 F. Supp. 3d 801 (E.D. Mich. 2018). “In Count II, Plaintiffs allege that § 168.590c(2) is unconstitutional as applied in combination with the requirements in §§ 168.”

Graveline v. Johnson (E.D. Mich. 2019). “§§ 168.590c(2), 168.544f. Moreover, the signatures on a qualifying petition must be obtained within 180 days of the filing deadline, and as part of the signature requirement, a qualifying petition must be signed by at least 100 registered voters in each of at least half of…”

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