The state also allows direct participation of the electorate by initiative, referendum, recall, and ratification.

The independent redistricting commission draws up legislative and congressional districts after each census.

[8] The state legislature has apportioned districts after census until 2020 as the November 6, 2018 general election proposal 2 created a constitutional independent redistricting commission.

The elected officeholders are second and third in the line of succession respectively and may act as governor during disabilities or absences from the state.

The secretary of state and its department handles automobile-related licensing, elections and record holding.

[1] The 1963 Constitution requires that all permanent agencies or commissions, except universities, be assigned to one of a maximum of 20 principal departments.

Some degree of political control is exercised as the legislature approves appropriations for the schools.

[16] Initially, when the law was passed, the state ran a Bureau of Marijuana Regulation within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

Michigan is largely divided in the same way as many other U.S. states, but is distinct in its usage of charter townships.