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MI Comp L § 168.30 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-II. - Chapter Ii. Boards of Election Commissioners, Boards of Canvassers, and Clerks (168.21...168.30g)|Section 168.30 - Providing Clerk With Permanent Postal Mailing Address and Electronic Mailing Address.

168.30 Providing clerk with permanent postal mailing address and electronic mailing address. Sec. 30.  Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, each county, township, city, or village shall provide its clerk with a permanent postal mailing address and each county shall provide its clerk with an electronic mailing address. Each clerk shall notify the secretary of state in writing of any address required to be provided under this section. Not later than 3 business days after a change in the postal mailing address of the office of a county, township, city, or village clerk, or the electronic mailing address of a county clerk, the clerk shall notify the secretary of state in writing of the new address. History: Add. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.30a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-II. - Chapter Ii. Boards of Election Commissioners, Boards of Canvassers, and Clerks (168.21...168.30g)|Section 168.30a - Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013.

168.30a Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to powers, duties of, and membership on, board of city or township canvassers.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.30b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-II. - Chapter Ii. Boards of Election Commissioners, Boards of Canvassers, and Clerks (168.21...168.30g)|Section 168.30b - Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013.

168.30b Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to qualifications of, and appointment of members to, board of city or township canvassers.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.30c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-II. - Chapter Ii. Boards of Election Commissioners, Boards of Canvassers, and Clerks (168.21...168.30g)|Section 168.30c - Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013.

168.30c Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to selection of members for board of city or township canvassers.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.30d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-II. - Chapter Ii. Boards of Election Commissioners, Boards of Canvassers, and Clerks (168.21...168.30g)|Section 168.30d - Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013.

168.30d Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to meetings of, and election of officers to, board of city or township canvassers.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.30e (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-II. - Chapter Ii. Boards of Election Commissioners, Boards of Canvassers, and Clerks (168.21...168.30g)|Section 168.30e - Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013.

168.30e Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to compensation and expenses of members of board of city or township canvassers.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.30f (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-II. - Chapter Ii. Boards of Election Commissioners, Boards of Canvassers, and Clerks (168.21...168.30g)|Section 168.30f - Repealed. 1968, Act 65, Eff. July 1, 1968.

168.30f Repealed. 1968, Act 65, Eff. July 1, 1968. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to combination of governmental units for board of canvassers, expenses, and withdrawal.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.30g (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-II. - Chapter Ii. Boards of Election Commissioners, Boards of Canvassers, and Clerks (168.21...168.30g)|Section 168.30g - Board of County Canvassers; Absences, Appointment of Temporary Members, Qualifications, Length of Service.

168.30g Board of county canvassers; absences, appointment of temporary members, qualifications, length of service.Sec. 30g.  If a board of county canvassers created under this act is required to perform its statutory duties and because of illness or absence of members of the board of county canvassers a quorum is not present, the clerk of the county may appoint a sufficient number of temporary members to constitute a quorum. The appointment shall be made by the county clerk from party recommendations on file, if available. The appointments shall be of the same political party as the ill or absent members of the board of county canvassers. A temporary appointee to the board of county canvassers must possess all of the qualifications required for regular membership on that board of county canvassers. Temporary appointees shall serve only until the business on hand has been transacted. History: Add. 1966, Act 65, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1966 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 65, Eff. July 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013 Compiler's Notes: Section 3 of Act 65 of 1968 provides: “This act shall take effect on July 1, 1968, except in any county with a population of 400,000 or more it shall take effect on July 1, 1970.”Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.31a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-III - Chapter III Duties of Secretary of State (168.31...168.38)|Section 168.31a - Election Audit; Procedures.

168.31a Election audit; procedures.Sec. 31a.  (1) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this act, after each election the secretary of state may audit election precincts.  (2) The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedures for election audits that include reviewing the documents, ballots, and procedures used during an election as required in section 4 of article II of the state constitution of 1963. The secretary of state and county clerks shall conduct election audits, including statewide election audits, as set forth in the prescribed procedures. The secretary of state shall train and certify county clerks and their staffs for the purpose of conducting election audits of precincts randomly selected by the secretary of state in their counties. An election audit must include an audit of the results of at least 1 race in each precinct selected for an audit. A statewide election audit must include an audit of the results of at least 1 statewide race or statewide ballot question in a precinct selected for an audit. An audit conducted under this section is not a recount and does not change any certified election results. The secretary of state shall supervise each county clerk in the performance of election audits conducted under this section.  (3) Each county clerk who conducts an election audit under this section shall provide the results of the election audit to the secretary of state within 20 days after the election audit. History: Add. 2012, Act 271, Eff. Aug. 15, 2012 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.32 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-III - Chapter III Duties of Secretary of State (168.31...168.38)|Section 168.32 - Bureau of Elections; Director of Elections; Appointment; Powers and Duties; Statement of Purpose of Proposed Amendment or Question.

168.32 Bureau of elections; director of elections; appointment; powers and duties; statement of purpose of proposed amendment or question.Sec. 32.  (1) In the office of the secretary of state, the bureau of elections created by former 1951 PA 65 continues under the supervision of a director of elections, to be appointed by the secretary of state under civil service regulations. The director of elections shall be vested with the powers and shall perform the duties of the secretary of state under his or her supervision, with respect to the supervision and administration of the election laws. The director of elections shall be a nonmember secretary of the state board of canvassers.  (2) The director of elections, with the approval of the state board of canvassers, shall prepare a statement for designation on the ballot in not more than 100 words, exclusive of caption, of the purpose of any proposed amendment or question to be submitted to the electors as required under section 9 of article II, section 34 of article IV if the legislature does not provide for the content of the question to be submitted to the electors, or section 1 or 2 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963. The statement shall consist of a true and impartial statement of the purpose of the amendment or question in such language as shall create no prejudice for or against the proposed amendment or question. The powers and duties of the state board of canvassers and the secretary of state with respect to the preparation of the statement are transferred to the director of elections. The secretary of state shall certify the statement of the purpose of any proposed amendment or question to be submitted to the electors not later than 60 days before the date of the election. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 251, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 79, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2014 Compiler's Notes: Act 65 of 1951, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 116 of 1954.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.33 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-III - Chapter III Duties of Secretary of State (168.31...168.38)|Section 168.33 - Training Schools on Conducting Elections in Accordance With Election Laws; Conduct; Continuing Election Education Training Courses.

168.33 Training schools on conducting elections in accordance with election laws; conduct; continuing election education training courses.Sec. 33.  (1) The director of elections shall conduct training schools throughout this state before the general November election, and before other elections as the director considers advisable, for county clerks and their representatives with respect to the conducting of elections in accordance with the election laws. Included in this training shall be instruction on the uniform voting system. If a county clerk fails to conduct in his or her county a training school for election boards within the county, the director of elections shall conduct the training school, the cost of the training school to be charged as an obligation of the county.  (2) The director of elections shall train all county, city, and township clerks who are involved in the training of precinct inspectors. The training shall include team training and monitoring of their performance as trainers.  (3) The director of elections shall conduct all precinct inspector training in counties where the clerk has not been accredited to conduct the training schools.  (4) The director of elections shall conduct continuing election education training courses for county, city, township, and village clerks to attend. Each county, city, township, and village clerk is required to attend and complete continuing election education training at least once every 2 years to maintain accreditation as a clerk. The department of state is responsible for providing continuing election education training to the clerks at no charge to the clerks, counties, cities, townships, or villages. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 251, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 91, Eff. Apr. 9, 2002 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 271, Eff. Aug. 15, 2012 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.34 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-III - Chapter III Duties of Secretary of State (168.31...168.38)|Section 168.34 - Director of Elections; Restrictions.

168.34 Director of elections; restrictions. Sec. 34.  The director of elections shall perform no other duties which will interfere with his duties as director of elections. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.35 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-III - Chapter III Duties of Secretary of State (168.31...168.38)|Section 168.35 - Assistants to Director; Employment, Expenses.

168.35 Assistants to director; employment, expenses. Sec. 35.  The secretary of state is authorized to employ such assistants to the director of elections and incur such expenses as shall be necessary in carrying out the supervision of the election laws of this state. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.36 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-III - Chapter III Duties of Secretary of State (168.31...168.38)|Section 168.36 - Seal.

168.36 Seal. Sec. 36.  The secretary of state may approve seals to be used for the same purpose as metal seals when required by this act. The secretary of state shall only approve a seal under this section if that seal meets all of the following requirements:  (a) Is designed and manufactured for the purpose of proving authenticity, attesting to accuracy, or closing to outside interference or influence.  (b) Is made out of metal, plastic, fiberglass, or any combination of these materials that would provide resistance to or evidence of a force tending to break the seal.  (c) Contains an embossed or imprinted serial number. History: Add. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.37a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-III - Chapter III Duties of Secretary of State (168.31...168.38)|Section 168.37a - Determination of Electronic Voting System by Clerk; Criteria.

168.37a Determination of electronic voting system by clerk; criteria.Sec. 37a.  The secretary of state shall allow a county clerk, in consultation with the clerk of each city and township located in that county, to determine which electronic voting system will be used in the county as long as the electronic voting system selected meets both of the following criteria:  (a) The electronic voting system is the same type of electronic voting system as the uniform voting system.  (b) The electronic voting system is approved and certified as provided in section 795a. History: Add. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.37b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-III - Chapter III Duties of Secretary of State (168.31...168.38)|Section 168.37b - Use of Electronic Voting System; Contract Between Governing Bodies of Governmental Units.

168.37b Use of electronic voting system; contract between governing bodies of governmental units.Sec. 37b.  The governing body of a governmental unit in this state may contract with the governing body of another governmental unit in this state with regard to the use of the electronic voting system owned by either of the contracting units. History: Add. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.38 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-III - Chapter III Duties of Secretary of State (168.31...168.38)|Section 168.38 - Poster Indicating Ballot Coaching Prohibited.

168.38 Poster indicating ballot coaching prohibited.Sec. 38.  (1) The secretary of state shall develop a poster that explains ballot coaching and that indicates that ballot coaching is prohibited.  (2) The secretary of state shall provide to each residential care facility in this state at least 1 poster as described in subsection (1).  (3) For the period beginning 45 days before each election and continuing through election day, the owner, operator, or facility director of a residential care facility shall display the poster provided by the secretary of state in a public area in the residential care facility.  (4) As used in this section:  (a) "Home for the aged" means that term as defined in section 20106 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20106.  (b) "Nursing home" means that term as defined in section 20109 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.20109.  (c) "Residential care facility" means both of the following:  (i) Home for the aged.  (ii) Nursing home. History: Add. 2012, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.41 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-IV - Chapter IV Electors of President and Vice-President (168.41...168.47)|Section 168.41 - Presidential Electors; Eligibility.

168.41 Presidential electors; eligibility. Sec. 41.  No person shall be eligible to be an elector of president and vice-president who shall not have been a citizen of the United States for at least 10 years and a resident and registered elector of the congressional district for an elector representing a congressional district, or of the state, for an elector representing the state at large for at least 1 year prior to the election. No senator or representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector, as provided in section 1 of article 2 of the United States constitution. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.42 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-IV - Chapter IV Electors of President and Vice-President (168.41...168.47)|Section 168.42 - Presidential Electors; Selection at State Political Party Conventions, Certification.

168.42 Presidential electors; selection at state political party conventions, certification. Sec. 42.  In the year in which presidential electors are to be elected under section 43, each political party in this state shall choose at its fall state convention a number of candidates for electors of president and vice-president of the United States equal to the number of senators and representatives in congress that this state is entitled to elect. The chairperson and the secretary of the state central committee of each political party shall, within 1 business day after the conclusion of the state convention, forward by registered or certified mail a certificate containing the names of the candidates for electors to the secretary of state. The candidates for electors of president and vice-president who shall be considered elected are those whose names have been certified to the secretary of state by that political party receiving the greatest number of votes for those offices at the next November election. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.43 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-IV - Chapter IV Electors of President and Vice-President (168.41...168.47)|Section 168.43 - Presidential Electors; Election.

168.43 Presidential electors; election. Sec. 43.  At the general November election held in the year 1956 and at the general November election held every fourth year thereafter, electors of president and vice-president of the United States shall be elected in the manner herein provided: Provided, That if congress should hereafter fix a different day for such election, then the election for electors shall be held on such day as shall be named by congress as provided in section 1 of article 2 of the United States constitution. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.44 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-IV - Chapter IV Electors of President and Vice-President (168.41...168.47)|Section 168.44 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.

168.44 Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section prescribed a form of an official presidential ballot.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.45 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-IV - Chapter IV Electors of President and Vice-President (168.41...168.47)|Section 168.45 - Cross or Check Mark as Vote for Presidential Electors.

168.45 Cross or check mark as vote for presidential electors. Sec. 45.  Marking a cross (X) or a check mark ( ) in the circle under the party name of a political party, at the general November election in a presidential year, shall not be considered and taken as a direct vote for the candidates of that political party for president and vice-president or either of them, but, as to the presidential vote, as a vote for the entire list or set of presidential electors chosen by that political party and certified to the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 160, Imd. Eff. Nov. 20, 1985 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.46 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-IV - Chapter IV Electors of President and Vice-President (168.41...168.47)|Section 168.46 - Presidential Electors; Determination by Board of State Canvassers; Certificate of Election.

168.46 Presidential electors; determination by board of state canvassers; certificate of election. Sec. 46.  As soon as practicable after the state board of canvassers has, by the official canvass, ascertained the result of an election as to electors of president and vice-president of the United States, the governor shall certify, under the seal of the state, to the United States secretary of state, the names and addresses of the electors of this state chosen as electors of president and vice-president of the United States. The governor shall also transmit to each elector chosen as an elector for president and vice-president of the United States a certificate, in triplicate, under the seal of the state, of his or her election. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 431, Imd. Eff. June 6, 2002 Popular Name: Election Code