Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.609 (2026)

Delegates to city or county convention; proxy prohibited; vacancies in delegation.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW

Act 116 of 1954

168.609 Delegates to city or county convention; proxy prohibited; vacancies in delegation.

Sec. 609.

No delegate elected to any city or county convention shall give a proxy to represent him at such convention. All vacancies occurring in any delegation to any convention shall be filled by a majority vote of such delegation: Provided, That such delegation shall not be permitted to fill any vacancy which may occur in its number by any person not a resident of the ward, district, township or precinct, as the case may be, from which such absent delegate was chosen.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955

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Cited in 1 case, 1986–1986 · leading case: Templin v. Oakland Cnty. Clerk, 387 N.W.2d 156 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986).

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Templin v. Oakland Cnty. Clerk, 387 N.W.2d 156 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “MCL 168.609; MSA 6.1609 provides a procedure for the filling of precinct delegate vacancies.”

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