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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article IV § 7

Proposal B

November 2, 1976; House Joint Resolution B of 1975; Rejected 698,993 to 2,580,945 (21%)

Article IV

Sec. 7: Each senator and representative must To be eligible for the office of state senator or state representative a person shall be a citizen of the United States, at least 21 years of age, and an elector of the district he represents and a registered elector of the district at the time the person qualifies as a candidate. The removal of his domicile from the district shall be deemed a vacation of the office. No person who has been convicted of subversion or who has within the preceding 20 years been convicted of a felony involving a breach of public trust shall be eligible for either house of the legislature.

Sources

  • General Election, November 2, 1976, Proposal B (Library of Michigan)
  • Michigan Manual, 2021-2022, p. 99 (PDF, Legislative Service Bureau)
  • Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1976, p. 1755 (HathiTrust)

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