Section 168.386 - Metropolitan district officer; nominating petition; form; signature of elector; examination and investigation; withdrawal(1) For an individual's name to appear on the official ballot as a candidate for metropolitan district officer, the candidate shall file a nominating petition and the affidavit required by section 558 with the metropolitan district election coordinator not later than 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the election date. The nominating petitions shall be signed by a number of qualified and registered electors residing in the metropolitan district as determined under section 544f.(2) The nominating petition shall be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c, except that the petition shall be nonpartisan and shall include the following opening paragraph: We, the undersigned, registered and qualified voters | |
of the city or township of _______________________________ | |
and residents of the _______________________________, the | |
| (legal name of metropolitan district) |
county of _____________________________, state of Michigan, | |
nominate __________________________________________________ | |
| (name of candidate) |
_____________________________ | __________________________ |
(street address) | (city or township) |
a registered and qualified elector of the metropolitan district | |
as an officer of the legislative body of the metropolitan | |
district for a term of ____ years, expiring _____, to be | |
voted for at the election to be held on the ______ day of | |
_________________________, | ___________________ |
(month) | (year) |
(3) An elector shall not sign petitions for more candidates than are to be elected.(4) A nominating petition filed under this chapter is subject to the examination and investigation process prescribed in section 552 as to its sufficiency and the validity and genuineness of the signatures on the nominating petition, and to the other procedures prescribed in that section relevant to a petition filed under this chapter.(5) After a nominating petition is filed for a candidate for metropolitan district officer, the candidate is not permitted to withdraw unless a written withdrawal notice, signed by the candidate, is filed with the metropolitan district election coordinator not later than 4 p.m. of the third day after the last day for filing the nominating petition.Amended by 2014, Act 94,s 7, eff. 4/3/2014.Added by 2012, Act 586,s 5, eff. 1/7/2013.