§ 168.358Election of township officers and submission of propositions; general November

election.
 Sec. 358.
    (1) In every township, there shall be a general November election in each even-numbered
 year for the election of officers and the submission of propositions, as provided by law. At the
 1980 general November election, there shall be elected by ballot all of the following township
 officers:
    (a) A supervisor.
    (b) A clerk.
    (c) A treasurer.
    (d) Two trustees.
    (e) Not more than 4 constables.
    (f) If authorized by law and after a township takes the actions provided in section 11 of
 1877 PA 164, MCL 397.211, 6 free public library directors.
    (g) If a township takes the actions provided in section 1 of former 1931 PA 271 or section 6
 of 1905 PA 157, MCL 41.426, the number of park commission members provided for under
 section 6 of 1905 PA 157, MCL 41.426.
    (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the order of offices on the township
 portion of the ballots shall be the same as the order in which the officers are listed in


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 subsection (1). Free public library directors shall be listed on the nonpartisan portion of the
 ballot.
    (3) Subject to the limitation in subsection (1), the number of constables to be elected at the
 1992 general November election and each general November election at which township
 offices are regularly to be elected after 1992 shall be determined by the township board by
 resolution not less than 6 months before the township primary election preceding the general
 November election. The resolution that specifies the number of constables to be elected
 applies in that township until a subsequent resolution is adopted altering that number. If a
 determination as to the number of constables to be elected is not made by the township board
 by the deadline under this subsection for the 1992 general election, the number of constables
 to be elected shall be the same number that was elected in that township in the 1988 general
 November election until a resolution is adopted to provide for the election of a different
 number of constables.
    (4) In a township having a population of 5,000 or more, or having 3,000 or more qualified
 and registered electors as shown by the registration records at the close of registration for the
 last preceding general November election, there may be elected 4 trustees. In other townships
 there shall be 2 trustees. A township shall not elect 4 trustees unless the election of additional
 trustees is approved by the voters at a general November election or by a majority of the
 voters attending at an annual meeting. The township board of a township having a population
 of 5,000 or more, or having 3,000 or more qualified and registered electors, shall cause the
 question of electing additional trustees to be voted on at the first general November election or
 annual meeting following the township's qualifying for additional trustees. If a majority of the
 electors voting on the question vote in favor of electing 4 trustees, the township shall
 thereafter elect 4 trustees. If a majority of the electors voting on the question do not vote in
 favor of electing 4 trustees, the township board may resubmit the question at a subsequent
 general November election or annual meeting or the question shall be submitted at the first
 general November election or annual meeting held not less than 84 days following the
 submission of a petition containing the signatures of not less than 10% of the registered and
 qualified electors of the township, as shown by the registration records at the close of
 registration for the last general November election, asking that the question be submitted.
    (5) At the first general November election in a township held not less than 4 months after
 the provisions of this section relative to additional trustees are adopted by a township, there
 shall be elected the number of trustees necessary to make a total of 4 trustees. If the additional
 trustees are elected at a general November election that is not a regular township election, the
 additional trustees shall hold office only until a successor is elected at the next regular
 township election and qualifies for office.
    (6) This section does not prohibit townships electing 4 trustees as of September 13, 1958
 from continuing to do so.