Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.625 (2026)

Voting delegate ballot; returns; notice; furnishing names and addresses of delegates to county convention; tie vote; determination of successful candidate; determining if candidate is registered elector.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW


Act 116 of 1954


168.625 Voting delegate ballot; returns; notice; furnishing names and addresses of delegates to county convention; tie vote; determination of successful candidate; determining if candidate is registered elector.

Sec. 625.

    A delegate ballot must be voted in the same manner as ballots bearing the names of the candidates for other county offices. The returns must be made direct to the county clerk, who shall canvass the ballots and immediately notify the successful candidates by first-class mail at the address given in their affidavit of identity. The county clerk shall, at the same time, furnish the chairperson of the county committee of each political party with the names and addresses of the delegates to the county convention of the chairperson's political party as required in section 608. However, in case of a tie vote between the candidates for delegate in any precinct, the county clerk shall notify the candidates to appear in his or her office at a specified time, and the successful candidate must be determined by drawing in a manner similar to that provided in section 851. If a candidate is elected whose name is not printed on the ballots, the county clerk shall determine if the candidate is a registered elector in that precinct.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 611, Eff. Mar. 29, 2019

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 1 case, 1986–1986 · leading case: Templin v. Oakland Cnty. Clerk, 387 N.W.2d 156 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986).
Templin v. Oakland Cnty. Clerk, 387 N.W.2d 156 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “1624 and MCL 168.625; MSA 6.1625. In our opinion, Judge Breck properly concluded that plaintiff was a candidate within the meaning of MCL 168.”
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