§ 168.32Bureau of elections; director of elections; appointment; powers and duties;

statement of purpose of proposed amendment or question.
 Sec. 32.
    (1) In the office of the secretary of state, the bureau of elections created by former 1951 PA
 65 continues under the supervision of a director of elections, to be appointed by the secretary
 of state under civil service regulations. The director of elections shall be vested with the
 powers and shall perform the duties of the secretary of state under his or her supervision, with
 respect to the supervision and administration of the election laws. The director of elections
 shall be a nonmember secretary of the state board of canvassers.
    (2) The director of elections, with the approval of the state board of canvassers, shall
 prepare a statement for designation on the ballot in not more than 100 words, exclusive of
 caption, of the purpose of any proposed amendment or question to be submitted to the electors
 as required under section 9 of article II, section 34 of article IV if the legislature does not
 provide for the content of the question to be submitted to the electors, or section 1 or 2 of
 article XII of the state constitution of 1963. The statement shall consist of a true and impartial
 statement of the purpose of the amendment or question in such language as shall create no
 prejudice for or against the proposed amendment or question. The powers and duties of the
 state board of canvassers and the secretary of state with respect to the preparation of the
 statement are transferred to the director of elections. The secretary of state shall certify the
 statement of the purpose of any proposed amendment or question to be submitted to the
 electors not later than 60 days before the date of the election.