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MI Comp L § 168.715 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-PREPARATION-PRINTING-AND-DELIVERY-OF-OFFICIAL-BA - Preparation, Printing and Delivery of Official Ballots (168.684...168.719)|Section 168.715 - Absent Voters' and Other Ballots; Duties of Township and City Clerks, Delivery to Voting Precinct Boards of Election Inspectors.

168.715 Absent voters' and other ballots; duties of township and city clerks, delivery to voting precinct boards of election inspectors. Sec. 715.  It shall be the duty of county, city and township clerks to keep safeguarded all official ballots for absent voters' use. The said township or city clerk shall have the right to open the package or packages of absent voter ballots received by him for any precinct in his township or city, provided he shall receive application for absent voter ballots from any qualified elector of such precinct, but not otherwise. He shall in no case open any of the other packages of official ballots but shall keep them intact in some safe and secure place, and shall deliver them and other election supplies, together with the absent voter ballots remaining in his possession, to the chairman or some member of the board of inspectors of election of the proper precinct or precincts of his township or city, as the case may be, before 7 o'clock in the forenoon of the day of election. On delivery of said ballots to the chairman or some other member of the board of election, said clerk shall take a receipt therefor, which receipt he shall file in his office. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.716 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-PREPARATION-PRINTING-AND-DELIVERY-OF-OFFICIAL-BA - Preparation, Printing and Delivery of Official Ballots (168.684...168.719)|Section 168.716 - Absent Voters' and Other Ballots; Wrapping, Sealing.

168.716 Absent voters' and other ballots; wrapping, sealing. Sec. 716.  The ballots of each kind for each election precinct shall be wrapped and secured in 2 separate packages. Each package shall be securely sealed with a red paper seal furnished by the secretary of state and shall bear on its wrapper the name and number of the precinct and a certificate signed by the county clerk or some member of the board of county election commissioners or his or its duly authorized agent, setting forth the number and kind of ballots in such package and that such ballots were counted, packaged and sealed by himself personally, or by his duly authorized agent. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.717 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-PREPARATION-PRINTING-AND-DELIVERY-OF-OFFICIAL-BA - Preparation, Printing and Delivery of Official Ballots (168.684...168.719)|Section 168.717 - Absent Voters' Ballots; Numbering, Packaging, Marking.

168.717 Absent voters' ballots; numbering, packaging, marking. Sec. 717.  At least 3% of the total number of ballots of each kind to which each precinct is entitled, together with such additional number as the county clerk, upon a proper showing by the respective township or city clerks, may deem to be necessary, beginning with ballot No. 1 and including the consecutive numbers thereafter, shall be enclosed in 1 package, as many as are necessary thereof to be used for absent voters as provided by law: Provided, however, That such county clerk may deliver to each township or city clerk a sufficient number of each kind of such absent voters' ballots for each township and city in the county with numbers higher than those on any other ballots delivered to such township or city clerk, in which case the unused absent voters' ballots of such higher numbers shall remain in the possession of the clerk for contingencies, and further reference had in this act to the disposition of absent voters' ballots bearing the regular precinct numbers shall not apply to such ballots. Each package of absent voters' ballots shall be plainly marked on the outside, "Absent voters' ballots". The remainder of the ballots of each kind for such precinct shall be enclosed in a second package, sealed as above provided. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.717a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-PREPARATION-PRINTING-AND-DELIVERY-OF-OFFICIAL-BA - Preparation, Printing and Delivery of Official Ballots (168.684...168.719)|Section 168.717a - Repealed. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

168.717a Repealed. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to absent voters' ballots.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.718 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-PREPARATION-PRINTING-AND-DELIVERY-OF-OFFICIAL-BA - Preparation, Printing and Delivery of Official Ballots (168.684...168.719)|Section 168.718 - Official Ballots; Printer, Acts Prohibited; Instruction Ballots, Printing.

168.718 Official ballots; printer, acts prohibited; instruction ballots, printing. Sec. 718.  It shall not be lawful for the printer of official ballots for use at any election, or any other person, to give or deliver any of said ballots to, or knowingly permit any of said ballots to be taken by, any person other than the board of election commissioners for which such ballots are being printed; or to print, or cause or permit to be printed, any ballots in any other form than the one prescribed by this act, or with any other name thereon, or with the names misspelled, or the names, devices or designs therein arranged in any other way than that authorized and directed by the said board of election commissioners; but it shall be lawful for said board of election commissioners and upon its authorization for the chairman and candidates named on the official ballots to procure any number of facsimiles thereof to be printed on red, yellow or blue paper and to circulate the same for the purpose of the instruction of voters. Said colored facsimiles shall have printed at the head the words "Instruction Ballot". History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.719 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-PREPARATION-PRINTING-AND-DELIVERY-OF-OFFICIAL-BA - Preparation, Printing and Delivery of Official Ballots (168.684...168.719)|Section 168.719 - City and Township Election Commissions; Party Committees; Duties; Proof of Ballot; Public Inspection.

168.719 City and township election commissions; party committees; duties; proof of ballot; public inspection.Sec. 719.  The election commission of each city and township shall perform those duties relative to the preparation, printing, and delivery of ballots as are required by law of the boards of county election commissioners. The duties and privileges enjoined and granted by this act upon and to the various committees of the different political organizations are prescribed for city or township committees in matters pertaining to any city or township election, except that it is not necessary for a city or township committee of a political party or organization to furnish a heading for the ballots other than to designate the name of the party or political organization that they represent. In cities and townships, the names of candidates for city or township offices must be given by the committees of the various political organizations to the board of election commissioners of the city or township not less than 18 days before each election, but it is not necessary for any party committee to give to the board of election commissioners the name of any candidate nominated at an official primary election. The proof of the ballot must be open to public inspection at the office of the township or city clerk not less than 15 days before the election. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 113, Eff. Oct. 25, 2017 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.720 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|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.

168.720 Polls; times of opening and closing. Sec. 720.  On the day of any election, the polls shall be opened at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, and shall be continuously open until 8 o'clock in the afternoon and no longer. Every qualified elector present and in line at the polls at the hour prescribed for the closing thereof shall be allowed to vote. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.721 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.721 - Polls; Opening and Closing Governed by Central Standard Time.

168.721 Polls; opening and closing governed by central standard time. Sec. 721.  Unless otherwise specified, the hours for the opening and closing of polls and for the conducting of elections shall be governed by eastern standard time: Provided, however, That in the counties where central standard time is the observed time of any such county, the opening and closing of the polls and the conducting of elections may be governed by central standard time, upon resolution to such effect adopted by the county board of supervisors. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.722 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.722 - Polls; Announcement of Opening and Closing.

168.722 Polls; announcement of opening and closing. Sec. 722.  The chairman or an inspector designated by him shall announce to those present at the polling places, the opening of the polls and the closing of the polls. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, Act 224, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.723 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.723 - Ballot Boxes; Examination, Locking.

168.723 Ballot boxes; examination, locking. Sec. 723.  Before opening the polls, each ballot box to be used at the election shall be examined by the board of inspectors of election and the contents, if any, removed therefrom; it shall then be locked, and the key thereof delivered to 1 of the inspectors, to be designated by the board. The said box shall not be opened during the election. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.724 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.724 - Ballots; Opening Packages; Distribution of Pencils; Unused Absent Voters' Ballots.

168.724 Ballots; opening packages; distribution of pencils; unused absent voters' ballots. Sec. 724.  At the opening of the polls, after the organization of and in the presence of the board of inspectors, 1 of the inspectors shall open the packages of ballots in such a manner as to preserve the seal intact. He shall then place in the booths the pencils to be used for marking ballots. The unused absent voters' ballots shall be the first used by the board of inspectors of election. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.725 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.725 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.

168.725 Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided for manner of initialing ballots.Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.726 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.726 - Ballots; Delivery to Elector.

168.726 Ballots; delivery to elector. Sec. 726.  No ballots shall be delivered to an elector by any person other than 1 of the inspectors of election and only within the polling place, except as provided in this act for absent voters' ballots. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.728 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.728 - Challenges; Disposition.

168.728 Challenges; disposition. Sec. 728.  If at the time a person proposing to vote is challenged, there are several persons awaiting their turn to vote, said challenged person shall stand to one side until after unchallenged voters have had an opportunity to vote, when his case shall be taken up and disposed of. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.729 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.729 - Challenges; Oath, Questions as to Qualifications; False Statements, Penalty.

168.729 Challenges; oath, questions as to qualifications; false statements, penalty. Sec. 729.  If any person attempting to vote shall be challenged as unqualified, he shall be sworn by 1 of the inspectors of election to truthfully answer all questions asked him concerning his qualifications as an elector and any inspector or qualified elector at the poll may question said personas to such qualifications. If the answer to such questions show that said person is a qualified elector in that precinct, he shall be entitled to receive a ballot and vote. Should the answers show that said person is not a qualified elector at that poll, he shall not be entitled to receive a ballot and vote. If any one of his answers concerning a material matter shall not be true, he shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of perjury. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.730 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.730 - Designation, Qualifications, and Number of Challengers.

168.730 Designation, qualifications, and number of challengers. Sec. 730.  (1) At an election, a political party or an incorporated organization or organized committee of citizens interested in the adoption or defeat of a ballot question being voted for or upon at the election, or interested in preserving the purity of elections and in guarding against the abuse of the elective franchise, may designate challengers as provided in this act. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a political party, incorporated organization, or organized committee of interested citizens may designate not more than 2 challengers to serve in a precinct at any 1 time. A political party, incorporated organization, or organized committee of interested citizens may designate not more than 1 challenger to serve at each counting board.  (2) A challenger shall be a registered elector of this state. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a candidate for nomination or election to an office shall not serve as a challenger at the election in which he or she is a candidate. A candidate for the office of delegate to a county convention may serve as a challenger in a precinct other than the 1 in which he or she is a candidate. A person who is appointed as an election inspector at an election shall not act as a challenger at any time during the election day.  (3) A challenger may be designated to serve in more than 1 precinct. The political party, incorporated organization, or organized committee of interested citizens shall indicate which precincts the challenger will serve when designating challengers under subsection (1). If more than 1 challenger of a political party, incorporated organization, or organized committee of interested citizens is serving in a precinct at any 1 time, only 1 of the challengers has the authority to initiate a challenge at any given time. The challengers shall indicate to the board of election inspectors which of the 2 will have this authority. The challengers may change this authority and shall indicate the change to the board of election inspectors. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 248, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 42, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1966 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 30, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1972 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.732 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.732 - Presence of Challenger in Room Containing Ballot Box; Evidence of Right to Be Present.

168.732 Presence of challenger in room containing ballot box; evidence of right to be present. Sec. 732.  Authority signed by the recognized chairman or presiding officer of the chief managing committee of any organization or committee of citizens interested in the adoption or defeat of any measure to be voted for or upon at any election, or interested in preserving the purity of elections and in guarding against the abuse of the elective franchise, or of any political party in such county, township, city, ward or village, shall be sufficient evidence of the right of such challengers to be present inside the room where the ballot box is kept, provided the provisions of the preceding sections have been complied with. The authority shall have written or printed thereon the name of the challenger to whom it is issued and the number of the precinct to which the challenger has been assigned. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1966, Act 42, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1966 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 30, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1972 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.734 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.734 - Challengers; Preventing Presence, Penalty.

168.734 Challengers; preventing presence, penalty. Sec. 734.  Any officer or election board who shall prevent the presence of any such challenger as above provided, or shall refuse or fail to provide such challenger with conveniences for the performance of the duties expected of him, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the state prison not exceeding 2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code
MI Comp L § 168.735 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law|Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)|116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)|116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)|Section 168.735 - Poll Book and Poll List; Contents.

168.735 Poll book and poll list; contents. Sec. 735.  (1) At each primary and election, election inspectors shall keep 1 poll book and 1 poll list. An election inspector shall enter in the poll book, in the order in which electors are given ballots, the name of each elector who is given a ballot and immediately after the name, on the same line, shall enter the number of the ballot given to the elector. For an absent voter ballot, when an election inspector removes the ballot from the sealed absent voter envelope, the election inspector shall enter in the poll book the name of the absent voter and the number of the ballot.  (2) If an elector is issued a provisional ballot, an election inspector shall enter a proper designation in the poll book, including whether the provisional ballot was tabulated in the precinct or was secured for verification after the election.  (3) At the completion of the precinct canvass, an election inspector shall record on the certificate provided in the poll book the number of each metal seal used to seal voting equipment and ballot containers. Each member of the board of election inspectors shall sign the certificate. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 35, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1965 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004 Popular Name: Election Code