Terms Used In Michigan Laws 168.643

  • Election: means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them. See Michigan Laws 168.2
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
    At the general election, the following officers shall be elected when required by law:
    (a) Presidential electors.
    (b) In the state at large, a governor and a lieutenant governor, a secretary of state, and an attorney general.
    (c) A United States Senator.
    (d) In each congressional district, a Representative in Congress.
    (e) In each state senatorial district, a state senator.
    (f) In each state representative district, a representative in the state legislature.
    (g) Justices of the supreme court.
    (h) Two members of the state board of education.
    (i) Two regents of the University of Michigan.
    (j) Two trustees of Michigan State University.
    (k) Two governors of Wayne State University.
    (l) In each county or district, judges of the court of appeals, a judge or judges of the circuit court, a judge or judges of probate, a judge or judges of the district court, a prosecuting attorney, a sheriff, a treasurer, a mine inspector, a county road commissioner, a drain commissioner, a surveyor, and, subject to section 200, a clerk and a register of deeds or a clerk register.
    (m) Township officers.
    (n) Any other officers required by law to be elected at that election.