Compiled Laws, Chapter 168. Michigan Election Law § 168.386

Sec. 386. (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  1 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

(2) The nominating petition shall be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c,  3 except that the petition shall be nonpartisan and shall include the following opening paragraph:

(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  4 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.