§ 168.973aNominating candidate for partisan office

Sec. 973a.
    (1) Subject to subsection (2), if the recall election involves a partisan office, a political party
 candidate shall be nominated for that partisan office as follows:
    (a) If the office is in the office of county commissioner or in a district office within an
 electoral district of 1 county, the county executive committee of the political party shall
 nominate a candidate for that office.
    (b) If the office is in a district office within an electoral district in less than 1 county and 3
 or more members of the county executive committee of a political party reside in the electoral
 district, the members of the county executive committee of the political party residing in the
 electoral district shall nominate a candidate for that office. If the office is in a district office
 within an electoral district in less than 1 county and less than 3 members of the county
 executive committee of a political party reside in the electoral district, the county executive
 committee of the political party shall nominate a candidate for that office.
    (c) If the office is in a district office having an electoral district in more than 1 county, the
 members of the several county executive committees of the political party residing in those
 parts of the counties that are in the district shall nominate a candidate for that office.
    (d) If the office is in a ward or township office and 3 or more members of the county
 executive committee of a political party reside in the ward or township, the members of the
 county executive committee of the political party residing in that ward or township shall
 nominate a candidate for that office. If the office is in a ward or township office and less than
 3 members of the county executive committee of a political party reside in the ward or
 township, the county executive committee of the political party shall nominate a candidate for
 that office.



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    (2) If the incumbent candidate declines to be a candidate at the recall election as provided in
 section 971c, the political party of that incumbent candidate shall nominate a candidate using
 the nominating procedure as provided in subsection (1).
    (3) Each nomination by a committee under subsection (1) shall be certified to the officer
 with whom the recall petitions were filed within 10 days after the calling of the recall election.
    (4) A candidate without a political party affiliation may qualify for a partisan office by filing
 a qualifying petition with the officer with whom the recall petitions were filed that contains
 10% of the number of signatures required under section 544f within 10 days after the calling
 of the recall election.