Sec. 938. If any candidate for any public office at any election in this state shall be convicted of a felony, as defined in this act, the election of such candidate, if he has been elected, shall be void; and if he shall enter into the office for which he was elected, an information in the nature of a quo warranto to oust him from such office may be filed in the supreme court or the proper circuit court.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.938
Candidate convicted of felony; election void quo warranto
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case United States v. Dahms (1991)
Most recently applied in 69 F. Supp. 2d 925 - United States v. Brown (September 1999)
1954, Act 116, Eff
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