{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.16","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.16","heading":"“Major political party” defined.","body":"Sec. 16.\n\nAs used in this act, \"major political party\" means each of the 2 political parties whose candidate for the office of secretary of state received the highest and second highest number of votes at the immediately preceding general election in which a secretary of state was elected.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 168","Act Act-116-of-1954"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-168-16","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"4eab119388ef97c16a5d1d73df31d16efae7cb4ab4749c77b982fe6273f9b026","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.155","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.161"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}