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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 643. At the general election, the following officers shall be elected when required by law:
(a) Presidential electors.
(b) In the state at large, a governor and a lieutenant governor, a secretary of state, and an attorney general.
(c) A United States Senator.
(d) In each congressional district, a Representative in Congress.
(e) In each state senatorial district, a state senator.
(f) In each state representative district, a representative in the state legislature.
(g) Justices of the supreme court.
(h) Two members of the state board of education.
(i) Two regents of the University of Michigan.
(j) Two trustees of Michigan State University.
(k) Two governors of Wayne State University.
(l) In each county or district, judges of the court of appeals, a judge or judges of the circuit court, a judge or judges of probate, a judge or judges of the district court, a prosecuting attorney, a sheriff, a treasurer, a mine inspector, a county road commissioner, a drain commissioner, a surveyor, and, subject to section 200, 1 a clerk and a register of deeds or a clerk register.
(m) Township officers.
(n) Any other officers required by law to be elected at that election.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Compiled Laws, Chapter 168. Michigan Election Law § 168.643 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mi/chapter-168-michigan-election-law/mi-comp-laws-168-643/
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