§ 168.582Person voted for on party ballot whose name is not printed on ballot and who

has not filed nominating petition; votes required for nomination.
 Sec. 582.
     A person who is voted for on a party ballot for a state, district, township, county, city, or
 ward office or for the office of United States senator or representative in Congress whose
 name is not printed on the ballot and who has not filed a nominating petition for the office
 voted for, shall not be considered nominated as the candidate of the party for the office, nor be
 certified as a nominee unless the person receives a total vote equal to not less than .15 of 1%
 of the total population, as reflected by the last official federal census, of the district for which
 nomination is sought, but not less than 10 votes for the office, or a total vote equal to 5% of
 the greatest number of votes cast by the party for any office at the primary in the state,
 congressional, or other district, township, county, city, or ward, for a candidate or for all
 candidates for nomination for an office for which only 1 person is to be nominated, whichever
 is greater. However, for an office to which more than 1 candidate is to be elected, the 5%


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 limitation shall be based upon the greatest number of votes cast at the primary for any
 candidate for the same office.