Michigan Statutes116-1954-XXVIII - CHAPTER XXVIII HOLDING OF ELECTIONS (168.641...168.799a)
- 116-1954-XXVIII-ABSENT-VOTERS - ABSENT VOTERS (168.758...168.769a)
- Section 168.758 - “Absent voter” defined; provisions inapplicable to persons residing outside of state; exceptions.
- Section 168.758a - Absent voter ballot for president and vice-president; qualifications.
- Section 168.758b - Voting by persons confined in jail or prison prohibited.
- Section 168.758c - Repealed. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
- Section 168.759 - Application to vote absentee; time; manner; form; signature of applicant; false statement as misdemeanor.
- Section 168.759a - Absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter; electronic transmission of voter registration or ballot application; requirements; spouse or dependent; electronic transmission of
- Section 168.759b - Emergency absent voters' ballot; application.
- Section 168.760 - Absent voters; records, public inspection.
- Section 168.761 - Absent voter ballots; mailing or delivering to applicant; order of issuance; numbering; return envelope; form; statement; false statement as misdemeanor or felony.
- Section 168.761a - Absent voters' ballots; precinct delegate ballots.
- Section 168.762 - Absent voters' ballots; procedure when no application.
- Section 168.763 - Repealed. 1956, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956.
- Section 168.764 - Repealed. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996.
- Section 168.764a - Instructions for absent voters.
- Section 168.764b - Delivery and acceptance of absent voter ballots; appointment, oath, credentials, and duties of assistants; collection of absent voter ballots; prohibition; noncompliance.
- Section 168.765 - Absent voter ballots; safekeeping by clerk; public inspection of applications and lists; delivery to board of election inspectors; voter ballot received after polls closed; informati
- Section 168.766 - Absent voters' ballots; verification by election inspectors.
- Section 168.767 - Absent voters' ballots; illegal vote; rejection of ballot; marking; preservation.
- Section 168.768 - Absent voters' ballots; legal vote; deposit of ballot in box, record.
- Section 168.769 - Absent voter ballots; voting in person; return of ballot; voting in person and absent voter ballot as felony; report.
- Section 168.769a - Use of voting machines by absentee voters; ballot format; election inspectors; locking and sealing voting machine; record; poll list; recording of votes; notice; challenger.
- 116-1954-XXVIII-ASSISTED-VOTERS - ASSISTED VOTERS (168.751...168.757)
- 116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS AND MANNER OF VOTING (168.720...168.750)
- Section 168.720 - Polls; times of opening and closing.
- Section 168.721 - Polls; opening and closing governed by central standard time.
- Section 168.722 - Polls; announcement of opening and closing.
- Section 168.723 - Ballot boxes; examination, locking.
- Section 168.724 - Ballots; opening packages; distribution of pencils; unused absent voters' ballots.
- Section 168.725 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.
- Section 168.726 - Ballots; delivery to elector.
- Section 168.727 - Challenge; duty of election inspector; indiscriminate challenge; penalty.
- Section 168.728 - Challenges; disposition.
- Section 168.729 - Challenges; oath, questions as to qualifications; false statements, penalty.
- Section 168.730 - Designation, qualifications, and number of challengers.
- Section 168.731 - Challengers; statement of appointment by organization; contents; authorization; appointment without authorization; penalty.
- Section 168.732 - Presence of challenger in room containing ballot box; evidence of right to be present.
- Section 168.733 - Challengers; space in polling place; rights; space at counting board; expulsion for cause; protection; threat or intimidation.
- Section 168.734 - Challengers; preventing presence, penalty.
- Section 168.735 - Poll book and poll list; contents.
- Section 168.736 - Voting; ballots, delivery to electors by numbers; assistance by election inspectors.
- Section 168.736a - Minor child in booth or compartment.
- Section 168.737 - Manner of marking ballot.
- Section 168.737a - Write-in vote; declaration of intent to be write-in candidate; filing; death or disqualification of candidate; write-in candidate for precinct delegate; forms; information.
- Section 168.738 - Voting; ballots; folding; deposit in ballot box; rejection for exposure.
- Section 168.739 - Voting; ballots, deposit in separate boxes; label on box.
- Section 168.740 - Voting; ballots, spoiling.
- Section 168.741 - Voting; unused and spoiled ballots, preservation.
- Section 168.742 - Voting; time for voting ballot.
- Section 168.743 - Voting; ballots, return by elector; failure, penalty.
- Section 168.744 - Prohibited acts; violation as misdemeanor.
- Section 168.745 - Ballot of challenged voter; endorsement, rejection.
- Section 168.746 - Ballot of challenged voter; endorsement concealed, identification prohibited.
- Section 168.747 - Contested election; challenged voters' ballots, identification in court.
- Section 168.748 - Contested election; petition to determine qualifications of electors.
- Section 168.749 - Contested elections; challenged voters' ballots, removal of slips concealing endorsements, replacement.
- Section 168.750 - Electors; exemption from civil process.
- 116-1954-XXVIII-ELECTION-PRECINCTS - ELECTION PRECINCTS (168.654...168.661)
- 116-1954-XXVIII-NOTICES-OF-ELECTION - NOTICES OF ELECTION (168.647...168.653a)
- 116-1954-XXVIII-POLLING-PLACES-EQUIPMENT-SUPPLIES - POLLING PLACES, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES (168.662...168.683)
- Section 168.662 - Designating place of holding election in city, village, or township; polling places; use of publicly owned or controlled buildings; rental or erection of buildings; facilities; centr
- Section 168.663 - Polling places; erection of barriers.
- Section 168.664 - Polling places; booths or temporary rooms, specifications.
- Section 168.665 - Polling places; forms, stationery and supplies; provision, delivery, approval by state bureau of elections.
- Section 168.666 - Metal seals; paper seals; blank forms for returns.
- Section 168.666a - Sealing devices for ballot boxes or containers.
- Section 168.667 - Election supplies to be furnished at county expense.
- Section 168.668 - Delivery of voter registration list, forms, and other supplies.
- Section 168.668a - Voter information displays.
- Section 168.669 - Ballot boxes to be provided by city, township, or village.
- Section 168.669a - Polling places; ballot containers.
- Section 168.670 - Local primaries and elections; ballots, forms, stationery and supplies.
- Section 168.671 - Blank forms for returns; seals.
- Section 168.672 - Board of inspectors of elections; presence in precinct polling places.
- Section 168.673 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.
- Section 168.673a - Election inspector; submission of list of interested individuals.
- Section 168.674 - Precinct election inspectors; appointment; chairperson; political party membership; challenge; vacancies.
- Section 168.675 - Precinct election inspectors; vacancies during election.
- Section 168.676 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.
- Section 168.677 - Precinct election inspector; qualifications; application; contents; candidates ineligible; appointment.
- Section 168.678 - Board of election inspectors; authority.
- Section 168.679 - Counting board; membership; appointment; duties; applicability of MCL 168.662 to place of performance.
- Section 168.679a - Receiving board; appointment and duties of inspectors; review of poll book and statement of returns; corrective action; delivery.
- Section 168.680 - Precinct election inspectors; oath of office.
- Section 168.681 - Repealed. 1980, Act 188, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1980.
- Section 168.682 - Election officials; compensation.
- Section 168.683 - Election inspectors; instruction, compensation, vacancies.
- 116-1954-XXVIII-PREPARATION-PRINTING-AND-DELIVERY-OF-OFFICIAL-BALLOTS - PREPARATION, PRINTING AND DELIVERY OF OFFICIAL BALLOTS (168.684...168.719)
- Section 168.684 - Vignette; preparation, adoption, size; notice of change; provision of cuts.
- Section 168.685 - Printing name of candidate of new political party on ballot; certificate; petition to form new political party; disqualification and requalification of party; party subject to MCL 16
- Section 168.686 - State convention; canvass of returns; certification of nominees; presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
- Section 168.686a - Nomination by caucus or convention where no candidate polls 5% of vote cast for candidates for secretary of state.
- Section 168.687 - Certification of nominations by board of canvassers.
- Section 168.688 - Certificates of nomination; delivery.
- Section 168.689 - Official ballots; preparation, printing.
- Section 168.690 - Official ballots; delivery to township, village and city clerks; duties of township and municipal election boards.
- Section 168.691 - Official ballots; names of candidates; identification numeral; compliance.
- Section 168.692 - Nomination by more than 1 party; choice; nomination for more than 1 office.
- Section 168.692a - Qualifying petition not to be filed by certain persons.
- Section 168.693 - Nomination by more than 1 party or for more than 1 office; failure to make choice; procedure.
- Section 168.694 - Applicability of certain sections.
- Section 168.695 - Ineligibility of candidate at subsequent election.
- Section 168.696 - Printing name of candidate for federal, state, district, county, and township offices on 1 ballot; separate column; filing request for clarifying designation of same or similar surna
- Section 168.697 - General November election; order of placing offices on ballot.
- Section 168.698 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.
- Section 168.699 - Nonpartisan offices; placement on separate portion of ballot; order of listing offices.
- Section 168.700 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 56, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964.
- Section 168.701 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 56, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964.
- Section 168.702 - Official ballots; placing of name to fill vacancy.
- Section 168.703 - Official ballots; position of parties.
- Section 168.703a - Repealed. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988.
- Section 168.704 - Official ballots; size of voting squares or circles.
- Section 168.705 - Official ballots; paper, printing, numbering, color of paper.
- Section 168.706 - Official ballot; plan; instructions.
- Section 168.707 - Referendum on proposed constitutional amendment or question; form of ballot; certification; city ordinance submitted to electors.
- Section 168.708 - Proposed constitutional amendment or question; statement of purpose, publication.
- Section 168.709 - Proposed constitutional amendment or question; statement of purpose, copies to voting precincts, posting.
- Section 168.710 - Proposed constitutional amendment or question; proof copies of ballots, filing, public inspection.
- Section 168.711 - Filing and mailing proof copies of ballots; affidavit; certification; correction and printing of ballots; forwarding copy to secretary of state.
- Section 168.712 - Official ballots; omissions or errors; correction by pasters.
- Section 168.713 - Delivery of ballots and supplies to county clerk.
- Section 168.714 - Delivery of ballots and supplies to township and city clerks; receipt of delivery; deadlines.
- Section 168.715 - Absent voters' and other ballots; duties of township and city clerks, delivery to voting precinct boards of election inspectors.
- Section 168.716 - Absent voters' and other ballots; wrapping, sealing.
- Section 168.717 - Absent voters' ballots; numbering, packaging, marking.
- Section 168.717a - Absent voters' ballots where voting machines used exclusively; form, contents, discontinuance.
- Section 168.718 - Official ballots; printer, acts prohibited; instruction ballots, printing.
- Section 168.719 - City, township and village election commissions; duties; party committees, duties; proof copy of ballot, public inspection.
- 116-1954-XXVIII-VOTING-MACHINES - VOTING MACHINES (168.770...168.799a)
- Section 168.770 - Voting machines authorized; contracts between governing bodies as to use.
- Section 168.770a - Voting device; authorization of use by secretary of state; petition; rules as to election procedures.
- Section 168.771 - Voting machines; purchase.
- Section 168.772 - Voting machines; construction and operation.
- Section 168.773 - Voting machines or uniform voting system; maintenance; custody.
- Section 168.774 - Voting machines; contracts for purchase, terms.
- Section 168.775 - Voting machines; ballot labels, printing, order of names; amendments or questions; vignettes; printed ballots.
- Section 168.776 - Voting machines; supplies and equipment; keys, delivery and return.
- Section 168.777 - Voting machines; model, instructions.
- Section 168.778 - Voting machines; control; clerk and assistants as officers of election; compensation; exception; number of assistants; preparation of machines; inspection; certification; lighting; d
- Section 168.779 - Election inspectors; qualifications as to voting machines.
- Section 168.780 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.
- Section 168.781 - Election inspectors and poll clerks; opening of polls, examination of machine seals and counter, delivery of keys, other duties.
- Section 168.782 - Repealed. 1966, Act 62, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1966.
- Section 168.782a - Voting machines; voting for more write-in candidates than space on machine, procedure.
- Section 168.782b - Voting machines; use of emergency ballots when no reserve machine available.
- Section 168.783 - Voting machines; challenged voter, procedure.
- Section 168.784 - Voting machines; irregular ballots, unlawful use.
- Section 168.785 - Voting machines; location.
- Section 168.786 - Voting machines; voting; secrecy; time limit.
- Section 168.787 - Voting machines; keyboard concealed.
- Section 168.788 - Voting machines; locking.
- Section 168.789 - Voting machines; election inspectors, instructions to voter, assistance to incapacitated voter.
- Section 168.790 - Voting machines; defacing, altering or injuring machine or labels.
- Section 168.791 - Voting machines; sealing against voting; reading and announcement of vote; absent voters' ballots; legality; count and tally; completion of returns; availability; sealing and loc
- Section 168.791a - Printer type voting machines; definition, operation.
- Section 168.792 - Voting machines; discrepancy in return; investigation, re-canvass procedure, petition.
- Section 168.792a - Absent voter counting boards.
- Section 168.792b - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
- Section 168.793 - Voting machines; inspectors' statement forms.
- Section 168.794 - Definitions used in MCL 168.794 to 168.799a.
- Section 168.794a - Electronic voting system; authorization; acquisition; abandonment; use; accuracy test; applicability of subsections (1) and (2).
- Section 168.794b - Electronic voting system; manner of payment.
- Section 168.794c - Applicability and construction of provisions; rules.
- Section 168.795 - Electronic voting system; requirements; method for rendering electronic tabulating equipment inoperable; equipping each polling place with accessible voting device.
- Section 168.795a - Electronic voting system; approval by board of state canvassers; conditions; approval of improvement or change; inapplicability of subsection (1); intent to purchase statement; inst
- Section 168.795b - Printing or displaying ballot labels, questions, office titles, and names of candidates; columns, pages, and directional signs; ballot stub.
- Section 168.795c - Indicating different parts of ballot on ballot label; placement of parts; 2 or more elections on same day; partisan elections; voting split or mixed ticket.
- Section 168.796 - Sample ballots.
- Section 168.796a - Electronic voting system; preparation for election; equipment and supplies; voting stations.
- Section 168.796b - Repealed. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990.
- Section 168.797 - Inspectors of election; duties; certification of equipment operation.
- Section 168.797a - Instruction in method of voting on electronic voting system; use of ballot processed through electronic tabulating equipment; procedure; detached stub; spoiled ballot; processing of
- Section 168.797b - Rules.
- Section 168.797c - Computer program; disposition and use of source code.
- Section 168.798 - Testing of electronic tabulating equipment; notice; method; sealing programs, test materials, and ballots; rules; sealing memory device.
- Section 168.798a - Separate counting center; direction and conduct of proceedings; method.
- Section 168.798b - Electronic tabulating equipment; unofficial and official returns; manual count.
- Section 168.798c - Casting absentee votes on paper ballots or ballot cards; count; recording; voting and processing absent voters' ballots; inspection of rejected ballot.
- Section 168.799 - Injuring, altering, or defacing voting device, ballot, or other equipment; interference with correct operation of equipment; enforcement; examination.
- Section 168.799a - Recounting punched, marked, or stamped ballot; procedure; stray marks; releasing sealed materials.
- Section 168.641 - Regular election date; special election; report; direction and supervision of election consolidation; short title of section.
- Section 168.642 - Regular election or regular primary election; effective date.
- Section 168.642a - Change of regular election or regular primary election to odd year.
- Section 168.643 - General election; officers to be elected.
- Section 168.643a - Referendums; questions submitted to electors; form.
- Section 168.644 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 56, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964.
- Section 168.644a-168.644c - Repealed. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
- Section 168.644e - Nomination by primary; candidate filing deadline or certification deadline.
- Section 168.644f - Nominating petitions; filing; signatures; omission of primary.
- Section 168.644g - Terms of office; extension.
- Section 168.644h - Time of taking office.
- Section 168.644i - Manner of conducting elections.
- Section 168.644j-168.644 - Repealed. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
- Section 168.645 - Repealed. 1958, Act 192, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
- Section 168.646 - Repealed. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
- Section 168.646a - Election of local officers; nomination; certification; applicability of section.
- Section 168.646b - Repealed. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
- Section 168.646c - Repealed. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990.
- Section 168.646d - Repealed. 1980, Act 188, Imd. Eff. July 3, 1980.