§ 168.641Regular election date; primary election; special election; direction and

supervision of election consolidation; short title of section.
 Sec. 641.
    (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an election held under this act shall be held
 on 1 of the following regular election dates:
    (a) The May regular election date, which is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May.
    (b) The August regular election date, which is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
 August.
    (c) The November regular election date, which is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
 November.
    (d) In each presidential election year when a statewide presidential primary election is held,
 the date of the statewide presidential primary election as provided in section 613a.
    (2) If an elective office is listed by name in section 643, requiring the election for that office
 to be held at the general election, and if candidates for the office are nominated at a primary
 election, the primary election shall be held on the August regular election date.
    (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subsection (4), a special election
 shall be held on a regular election date. A special election called by the governor under section
 145, 178, 632, 633, or 634 to fill a vacancy or called by the legislature to submit a proposed
 constitutional amendment as authorized in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of
 1963 may, but is not required to be, held on a regular election date.
    (4) A school district may call a special election to submit a ballot question to borrow money,
 increase a millage, or establish a bond if an initiative petition is filed with the county clerk.
 The petition shall be signed by a number of qualified and registered electors of the district
 equal to not less than 10% of the electors voting in the last gubernatorial election in that
 district or 3,000 signatures, whichever number is lesser. Section 488 applies to a petition to
 call a special election for a school district under this section. In addition to the requirements
 set forth in section 488, the proposed date of the special election shall appear beneath the
 petition heading, and the petition shall clearly state the amount of the millage increase or the
 amount of the loan or bond sought and the purpose for the millage increase or the purpose for


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 the loan or bond. The petition shall be filed with the county clerk by 4 p.m. of the twelfth
 Tuesday before the proposed date of the special election. The petition signatures shall be
 obtained within 60 days before the filing of the petition. Any signatures obtained more than 60
 days before the filing of the petition are not valid. If the special election called by the school
 district is not scheduled to be held on a regular election date as provided in subsection (1), the
 special election shall be held on a Tuesday. A special election called by a school district under
 this subsection shall not be held within 30 days before or 35 days after a regular election date
 as provided in subsection (1). A school district may only call 1 special election pursuant to this
 subsection in each calendar year.
    (5) The secretary of state shall direct and supervise the consolidation of all elections held
 under this act.
    (6) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Hammerstrom election
 consolidation law".