168.285 Candidates for state board of education and boards of state universities; death, withdrawal or disqualification; election of new candidate, certification; ballots
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168.285 Candidates for state board of education and boards of state universities; death, withdrawal or disqualification; election of new candidate, certification; ballots.
Sec. 285.
Whenever a candidate of a political party, after having been nominated to membership on the state board of education, the board of regents of the University of Michigan, the board of trustees of Michigan State University, or the board of governors of Wayne State University, shall die, withdraw, remove from the state, or become disqualified for any reason, the state central committee of said party shall meet forthwith and, by a majority vote of the members thereof, shall select a candidate to fill the vacancy thereby caused.
The name of the candidate so selected shall be immediately certified by the chairman and the secretary of said committee to the secretary of state and to the board of election commissioners for each county, whose duty it is to prepare the official ballots, and said board shall cause to be printed or placed upon said ballots, in the proper place, the name of the candidate so selected to fill the vacancy.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 5, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963
Popular Name: Election Code