§ 168.556Nominating petitions; final disposition, record

Sec. 556.
    All nominating petitions filed under the provisions of this act shall be preserved by the
 secretary of state, county, city, village or township clerk, as the case may be, until the first day
 of January following the primary election for which the same were filed. At the expiration of
 that period, the secretary of state, county, city, village or township clerk may destroy all
 nominating petitions, the return of which has not been requested. In the record of nominating
 petitions, the various officers keeping such record shall cause entries to be made, stating the
 final disposition of each candidate's petition.


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