# Michigan Board of State Canvassers > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. The four-member board that certifies Michigan's statewide and federal election results. Since the constitutional amendment Michigan voters approved on 8 November 2022, it is **the only body or entity in the state authorized** to certify a result for statewide or federal office and to determine who was elected to it (Mich. Const. art. II, § 7(3)). Two members come from each major party. Each party's state central committee sends the governor three names and the party's legislative leaders one each; the governor must appoint one of the five by 20 January of an odd-numbered year, for a four-year term beginning that February (MCL 168.22, 168.22a, 168.22b). The state constitution forbids a single-party majority on any board of canvassers in Michigan, and bars a candidate for a canvassed office or an election inspector from serving (art. II, § 7(2)). Nothing the board does takes effect without at least one member of each party concurring (MCL 168.22d(2)) — but a party-line split cannot stop a certification. A county board of canvassers that has not certified by the fourteenth day after an election must deliver its records to the board's secretary, and the state board must then meet immediately and certify by the twentieth day (MCL 168.822). Its own certificate is final once signed, subject only to a post-certification recount or a post-certification court order (art. II, § 7(5)). ## See also - [[How a Canvassing Board Is Composed]] - [[State Election Administration Tree]] - [[How a Midterm Election Is Certified]]