| General Election All States |
| | • 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November in even-numbered years
[MI Constitution Art.II, sec. 5] |
| Presidential Primary All States |
| | • (--2007) 4th Tuesday in February in Presidential Election years [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (1)]
A political party that received 5% or less of the total vote cast nationwide for the office of president in the last presidential election shall not participate in the presidential primary election. [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (2)]
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| | • (2007-2011) ... a presidential primary shall be conducted under this act on January 15, 2008, and on the fourth Tuesday in February in each following presidential election year. [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (1)]
... If the secretary of state determines that all participating political parties are using a method other than the results of the January 15, 2008 presidential primary, the secretary of state shall cancel the presidential primary ... [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (2)]
A political party that received less than 20% of the total vote cast in this state for the office of president in the last presidential election shall not participate in the presidential primary. [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (3)] |
| | • (2011-2015) A statewide presidential primary election shall be conducted under this act on the fourth Tuesday in February in each presidential election year. [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a (1)] |
| | • (2015--) (1) A statewide presidential primary election shall be conducted under this act on the 2nd Tuesday in March in each presidential election year.
(2) A political party that received 5% or less of the total vote cast nationwide for the office of president in the last presidential election shall not participate in the presidential primary election. [MI Act 116 of 1954-168.613a] |
| State Primary All States |
| | • Tuesday immediately following the 1st Monday in August next preceding a General Election for a given office for which candidates are to be nominated in the Primary
[MI Act 116 of 1954-168.534] |
| Polling times All States |
| | • Polls open: 7 AM
Polls close: 8 PM
[Act 116 of 1954-168.720]
(NOTE: per Act 116 of 1954-168.721, the above hours are specifically tied to Eastern Time; however, any county in the Central Time Zone may, by local option, apply the above hours using the prevailing local time in that county; as a practical matter, and for all intents and purposes, it may be assumed that the statutory polling times are "local time" in any event, regardless of Time Zone) |
