{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.582","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.582","heading":"Person voted for on party ballot whose name is not printed on ballot and who has not filed nominating petition; votes required for nomination.","body":"Sec. 582.\n\nA person who is voted for on a party ballot for a state, district, township, county, city, or ward office or for the office of United States senator or representative in Congress whose name is not printed on the ballot and who has not filed a nominating petition for the office voted for, shall not be considered nominated as the candidate of the party for the office, nor be certified as a nominee unless the person receives a total vote equal to not less than .15 of 1% of the total population, as reflected by the last official federal census, of the district for which nomination is sought, but not less than 10 votes for the office, or a total vote equal to 5% of the greatest number of votes cast by the party for any office at the primary in the state, congressional, or other district, township, county, city, or ward, for a candidate or for all candidates for nomination for an office for which only 1 person is to be nominated, whichever is greater. However, for an office to which more than 1 candidate is to be elected, the 5% limitation shall be based upon the greatest number of votes cast at the primary for any candidate for the same office.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 168","Act Act-116-of-1954"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-168-582","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"72a4553e8fa1992b96087e54157c68407f7c23964ecdf3ffbece6145bce5f04a","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.581","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.583"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}