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Michigan Statutes § 168.944 False designation of incumbency; misdemeanor

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Statute Text

Any person who advertises or uses in any campaign material, including radio, television, newspapers, circulars, cards, or stationery, the words incumbent, re-elect, re-election, or otherwise indicates, represents, or gives the impression that a candidate for public office is the incumbent, when in fact the candidate is not the incumbent, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in section 934.

History

Add. 1959, Act 109, Eff. 3/19/1960 ;--Am. 1963, Act 155, Eff. 9/6/1963 ;--Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. 3/31/1997 .

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