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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 168.825

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • 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
  • seal: means a seal of high tensile strength that is approved by the secretary of state under section 36. See Michigan Laws 168.14a
     In said statements, the whole number of votes given for each office, the names of the candidates and the number of votes given to each, the whole number of votes given on any proposed constitutional amendment or other proposition submitted to the electors at such election, and the number of votes given for and the number of votes given against such proposed amendment or other proposition shall be written out in words at length, and the number of votes shall in each case be also stated in figures. Each such statement shall be certified to by the said board of county canvassers, under their hands and the seal of the circuit court of the county, and shall be attested by the clerk of said board. Thus certified and attested, each such statement shall be filed with the county clerk and kept by him in his office.