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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.561a: Official ballots; designation of candidate with same given and surname as incumbent.

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  1. MI Code
  2. Chapter 168
  3. Act Act-116-of-1954

Sec. 561a.

In any primary election whenever any candidate for public office has the same given and surname as the name of the person last elected to such office, when the person last elected is not seeking renomination, below the name of said candidate on the ballot shall appear the words "not the present ................." and in said space shall be printed the title of the office sought. The size of type used in any other designation on the ballot shall not be reduced in size from the size of type normally used.

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