Sec. 303. (1) Subject to subsection (8), for an individual's name to appear on the official ballot as a candidate for school board member, the candidate shall file a nominating petition and the affidavit required by under section 558 with the school

district filing official not later than 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the election date. The nominating petition must be signed by the following number of electors of the school district:

(a) If the population of the school district is less than 10,000, according to the most recent federal census, a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 20.

(b) If the population of the school district is 10,000 or more, according to the most recent federal census, a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 100.

(2) The Subject to this subsection, the nominating petition for a candidate for school board member of a local school district must be partisan and be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c. , except that the petition Subject to this subsection, the nominating petition for a candidate for school board member of a school district other than a local school district must be nonpartisan and otherwise be substantially in the form prescribed in section 544c. A nominating petition under this subsection must include the following opening paragraph:

We, the undersigned, registered and qualified voterselectors
of _______________________________________________________
(legal name of school district)
and residents of the _______________________________, the
		?(legal name of school district)(city or township)
county of _____________________________, state of Michigan,
	(city or township)
nominate __________________________________________________
	(name of candidate)
_______________________________			________________________,
(street address)			(city or township)

a registered and qualified elector of the district as a member of the board of education of the school district for a term of ______ years, expiring ______, to be voted for at the election to be held on the ______ day of ___________, ______.
	(month) (year)

(3) An individual shall not knowingly sign more nominating petitions for the same office than there are persons individuals to be elected to the office. An individual who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(4) An individual shall not do any of the following:

(a) Sign a nominating petition with a name other than his or her the individual's own name.

(b) Make a false statement in a certificate on a nominating petition.

(d) Sign a name as circulator other than his or her the individual's own name.

(5) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6), an individual who violates subsection (4) is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00, or imprisonment for not more than 93 days, or both.

(6) An individual shall not sign a nominating petition with multiple names. An individual who violates this subsection is guilty of a felony.

(7) If an individual signs a nominating petition in violation of this section, any signature by that individual on the petition is invalid and must not be counted.

(8) Instead of filing nominating petitions, a candidate for

school board member may pay a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 to the school district filing official. If this filing fee is paid by the due date for a nominating petition, the payment has the same effect under this section as the filing of a nominating petition.

(9) A nominating petition filed under this chapter is subject to the examination and investigation process prescribed in section 552 as to its the nominating petition's sufficiency and the validity and genuineness of the signatures on the nominating petition, and to the other procedures prescribed in that section relevant to a nominating petition filed under this chapter.

(10) After a nominating petition is filed or filing fee is paid for a candidate for school board member, the candidate is not permitted to withdraw unless a written withdrawal notice, signed by the candidate, is filed with the school district filing official not later than 4 p.m. of the third day after the last day for filing the nominating petition. If the school district filing official is not a county clerk, the school district filing official shall notify the county clerk of the candidates' names and addresses not later than 3 days after the last day for filing a withdrawal notice.

(11) As used in this section, "local school district" means that term as defined in section 6 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.6.

Sec. 697. At the general November election, the names of the several offices to be voted for must be placed on the ballot substantially in the following order in the years in which elections for those offices are held: Electors of President and Vice President of the United States; governor and lieutenant governor; secretary of state; attorney general; United States

Senator; Representative in Congress; senator and representative in the state legislature; members of the state board of education; regents of the University of Michigan; trustees of Michigan State University; governors of Wayne State University; county executive; prosecuting attorney; sheriff; clerk; treasurer; register of deeds; mine inspector in counties electing a mine inspector; county road commissioners; drain commissioners; coroners; and surveyor. The following township officers must be placed on the same ballot as above described in substantially the following order in the year in which elections for those offices are held: supervisor, clerk, treasurer, trustees, and constables. In addition, the office of local school district board member must be placed on the same ballot as above in the year in which an election for that office is held.

Sec. 699. At any regular election, the names of the several nonpartisan offices to be voted for shall must be placed on a separate portion of the ballot containing no party designation in the following order: justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, judges of the circuit court, judges of the probate court, judges of the district court, community college board of trustees member, intermediate school district board member, city officers, the following village officers in substantially the following order in the year in which elections for the offices are held: president, clerk, treasurer, and trustees, and in a year in which an election for the office is held, local school district board member, metropolitan district officer , and district library board member.