Act No. 183

Public Acts of 2010

Approved by the Governor

September 30, 2010

Filed with the Secretary of State

September 30, 2010

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 2010

STATE OF MICHIGAN

95TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

Introduced by Senators Brown and McManus

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1258

AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 322 (MCL 168.322), as amended by 2003 PA 302.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 322. For the name of a candidate for a city office, including a ward office, to appear on the official February primary election ballots for use in the city, a nominating petition shall be filed with the city clerk not later than 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the February primary. If a charter provides for nomination by caucus or by filing a petition or affidavit directly for the May election, the candidate filing deadline or certification deadline shall be 4 p.m. on the twelfth Tuesday before the May election.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor