Const 1963, schedule, § 5;
Notwithstanding any other provision in this constitution, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, the attorney general and state senators shall be elected at the general election in 1964 to serve for two-year terms beginning on the first day of January next succeeding their election. The first election of such officers for four-year terms under this constitution shall be held at the general election in 1966.
Excluded;
Excluded;
Const 1868, schedule, § 6;
The members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislature of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, shall continue in office under the provisions of law, until superseded by their successors, elected and qualified under this Constitution.
The members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislature of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, shall continue in office under the provisions of law, until superseded by their successors, elected and qualified under this Constitution.
Const 1850, schedule, §§ 5 & 7;
§ 5: A Governor and Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen under the existing constitution and laws, to serve after the expiration of the term of the present incumbent.
§ 7: The members of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislature of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, shall continue in office under the provisions of law, until superseded by their successors elected and qualified under this constitution.
Const 1835, schedule, § 6;
The first election for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of the State Legislature, and a Representative in the Congress of the United States, shall be held on the first Monday in October next, and on the succeeding day. And the president of the convention shall issue writs to the sheriffs of the several counties or districts, or, in case of vacancy, to the coroners, requiring them to cause such election to be held on the days aforesaid, in their respective counties or districts. The election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed, and by the township officers designated as inspectors of elections, and the returns made as required, by the existing laws of the Territory, or by this constitution: Provided, however, that the returns of the several townships in the district composed of the unorganized counties of Ottawa, Ionia, Kent, and Clinton, shall be made to the clerk of the township of Kent in said district, and the said township clerk shall perform the same duties, as, by the existing laws of the Territory, devolve upon the clerks of the several counties in similar cases.
