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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.500d - Elections in Which Applicant Permitted to Vote; Determination and Notice of Nonqualification; Presenting Validated Voter Registration Application Receipt at Polls.

168.500d Elections in which applicant permitted to vote; determination and notice of nonqualification; presenting validated voter registration application receipt at polls.
Sec. 500d.
An individual who has properly completed an application for registration at an office of the secretary of state or his or her agent is permitted to vote in all elections after making the application if the clerk determines the individual is qualified. If the clerk determines the individual is not qualified, the clerk immediately shall send a notice to the applicant at the address stated in the application stating the determination and the reasons the individual is not qualified. An individual is permitted to vote if he or she presents at the polls a validated voter registration application receipt and the clerk determines the individual is qualified.
History:
Add. 1975, Act 28, Eff. July 1, 1975 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.500e - Preparation of Registration Forms; Notice of Cancellation.

168.500e Preparation of registration forms; notice of cancellation.
Sec. 500e.
The city or township clerk shall prepare the registration forms needed for the city or township from information contained on properly completed and validated applications for persons meeting the requirements of this act. The clerk of a city or township shall forward a notice of cancellation to the clerk of the place of the applicant's previous residence as indicated on the application.
History:
Add. 1975, Act 28, Eff. July 1, 1975
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.500f - Repealed. 2012, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013.

168.500f Repealed. 2012, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to transmission of registration information to village clerk.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.500g - Repealed. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005.

168.500g Repealed. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to signing registration card.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.500h - Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

168.500h Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to notifying clerks of changes of address, death notices, and names of drivers issued license in another state.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.500i - "Agent" Defined.

168.500i "Agent" defined.
Sec. 500i.
As used in sections 500a to 500e, "agent" means a person appointed by the secretary of state to act as an examining officer for the purpose of examining applicants for operator's and chauffeur's licenses under section 309 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.309.
History:
Add. 1975, Act 28, Eff. July 1, 1975 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.500j - Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

168.500j Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to authority to promulgate administrative rules.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.501 - Master Registration Cards; Master File.

***** 168.501 THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 2025: See 168.501.amended *****
168.501 Master registration cards; master file.
Sec. 501.
The master registration cards must be filed alphabetically and must be termed the "master file". The master file must contain the signature of each elector registered in the city or township, unless the clerk of the jurisdiction has access to the qualified voter file and the elector has a digitized signature in the qualified voter file. If an elector is unable to write, or sign his or her name because of a physical disability, the master file must contain the mark or signature stamp used by that elector when a signature is required.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 71, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 79, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2014 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 4 of Act 71 of 2005 provides:"Enacting section 4. If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances is found invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable."
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.501.amended - Master Registration Cards; Master File.

***** 168.501.amended THIS AMENDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 2025 *****
168.501.amended Master registration cards; master file.
Sec. 501.
The master registration cards must be filed alphabetically and must be termed the "master file". Subject to section 493b(7), the master file must contain the signature of each elector registered in the city or township, unless the clerk of the jurisdiction has access to the qualified voter file and the elector has a digitized signature in the qualified voter file. If an elector is unable to write, or sign the elector's name because of a physical disability, the master file must contain the mark or signature stamp used by that elector when a signature is required.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 71, Eff. Jan. 1, 2007 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 79, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 2014 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 268, Eff. June 30, 2025
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 4 of Act 71 of 2005 provides:"Enacting section 4. If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances is found invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable."
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.501a - Repealed. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005.

168.501a Repealed. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to creation and arrangement of regitration list.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.502 - Custody of Master File.

168.502 Custody of master file.
Sec. 502.
The master file must at all times remain in the custody of the township or city clerk.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.502a - Repealed. 1989, Act 142, Eff. Dec. 1, 1990.

168.502a Repealed. 1989, Act 142, Eff. Dec. 1, 1990.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to examination of voter registration records and to inactive voter file.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.503 - Destruction or Mutilation of Registration Records; Request for Back-Up File From Secretary of State; Reregistration.

168.503 Destruction or mutilation of registration records; request for back-up file from secretary of state; reregistration.
Sec. 503.
If the voter registration records are destroyed or mutilated making them unusable, the clerk of the city or township shall request a back-up file from the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall provide a list of registered electors and their signatures, if available, from the qualified voter file to the city or township clerk. If the secretary of state is unable to provide a back-up file to the city or township clerk, the clerk shall require the electors to reregister as prescribed by the secretary of state.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 223, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1957 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.504 - Repealed. 2006, Act 605, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007

168.504 Repealed. 2006, Act 605, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to registration of disabled or absent electors.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.505 - Authorization to Cancel Previous Registration; Signature; Form; Notice of Cancellation; Effect of Previous Address in Another State; Duties of Clerk; Authorization to Cancel or Notice Received From Another State.

168.505 Authorization to cancel previous registration; signature; form; notice of cancellation; effect of previous address in another state; duties of clerk; authorization to cancel or notice received from another state.
Sec. 505.
(1) At the time an elector is applying for registration, the registration officer shall ascertain if the elector is already registered as an elector. If the elector is previously registered, the elector shall at the time of applying for registration sign an authorization to cancel a previous registration. The secretary of state shall prescribe forms for this purpose. The form may be a part of the application or a separate form.
(2) An authorization to cancel that indicates a previous address in a state other than this state must be forwarded to the chief election officer of that state. Notice may be made by forwarding the separate cancellation form, by forwarding the portion of an application listing a previous place of registration, or by forwarding a list certified by the clerk containing the names of people authorizing cancellation.
(3) An authorization to cancel a voter registration signed by the elector and received from another state or a notice from an election official of another state that an elector has registered in that state has the same force and effect as the notice of authorization to cancel of this state.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 52, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1977 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.506 - Change of Residence Within Township or City; Transfer of Registration by Clerk.

168.506 Change of residence within township or city; transfer of registration by clerk.
Sec. 506.
A registered elector may, upon change of residence within the township or city, update his or her registration address by sending to the clerk a signed request stating his or her present address, the date he or she moved to that address, and the address from which he or she was last registered, or by updating his or her address in person. The clerk shall strike through the last address, ward, and precinct number and record the new address, ward, and precinct number on the master registration card. Transfers must not be made after the thirtieth day next preceding a regular or special election or primary election, unless the thirtieth day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, in which event registration transfers must be accepted during the following day.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 188, Eff. July 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1973 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.506a - Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.

168.506a Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to declaration or change in party preference, request, failure to identify date of birth, recordation, and voter identification card.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.507a - Moving to Another Township or City; Voting at Place of Last Registration; Affidavit; Forms; Cancellation of Registration; Voting in Person or by Absentee Ballot.

168.507a Moving to another township or city; voting at place of last registration; affidavit; forms; cancellation of registration; voting in person or by absentee ballot.
Sec. 507a.
(1) A registered and qualified elector of this state who has moved from the city or township in which he or she is registered to another city or township within this state after the sixtieth day before an election or primary election is permitted to vote in the election or primary election at the place of last registration upon the signing of a form containing an affidavit stating that the move has taken place.
(2) The form or forms required by this section must be approved by the secretary of state, must state that the move has taken place, and must authorize the clerk of the city or township to cancel the elector's registration. An elector coming under this section is permitted to vote either in person or by absentee ballot.
History:
Add. 1956, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 188, Eff. July 1, 1967 ;-- Am. 1973, Act 180, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1973 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 142, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1989 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.507b - Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

168.507b Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to registration of elector who has moved from township or city to another township or city within the same county.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.508 - Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.

168.508 Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to transfer of registration and notice to elector.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509 - Repealed. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004.

168.509 Repealed. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to examination of voter registration records.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509a - Repealed. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004.

168.509a Repealed. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to members of armed forces on active duty.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509b-168.509l - Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.

168.509b-168.509l Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to definitions, statewide voter registration network, duties of secretary of state and clerks, county and state files, registration lists, and voting histories.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509m - Purpose of MCL 168.509m to 168.509ii; Definitions.

168.509m Purpose of MCL 168.509m to 168.509ii; definitions.
Sec. 509m.
(1) The purposes of this section and sections 509n to 509ii are all of the following:
(a) To establish a statewide qualified voter file that consists of all qualified electors who wish to be registered to vote in local, state, and federal elections.
(b) To enhance the uniformity of the administration of elections by creating and maintaining a statewide qualified voter file.
(c) To increase the efficiency and decrease the public cost of maintaining voter registration files and implementing the national voter registration act of 1993.
(d) To increase the integrity of the voting process by creating a single qualified voter file that will permit the name of each citizen of this state to appear only once and that is compiled from other state files that require citizens to verify their identity and residence.
(e) To apply technology and information gathered by principal executive departments, state agencies, and county, city, township, and village clerks in a manner that ensures that accurate and current records of qualified voters are maintained.
(2) As used in sections 509n to 509ii:
(a) "Designated voter registration agency" means an office designated under section 509u to perform voter registration activities in this state.
(b) "Qualified voter file" means the statewide qualified voter file established according to section 509o.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 351, Eff. Feb. 13, 2019
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 4 of Act 71 of 2005 provides:"Enacting section 4. If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances is found invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable."
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509n - Secretary of State; Duties.

168.509n Secretary of state; duties.
Sec. 509n.
The secretary of state is responsible for the coordination of the requirements imposed under this chapter, the national voter registration act of 1993, and the help America vote act of 2002. The secretary of state shall do all of the following:
(a) Develop a mail registration form and make the form available for distribution through governmental and private entities, with special emphasis on making the form available to voter registration programs established for the purpose of registering citizens of this state to vote.
(b) Instruct designated voter registration agencies and county, city, township, and village clerks about the voter registration procedures and requirements imposed by law.
(c) By June 15 of each odd numbered year, submit to each member of the committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary responsibility for election matters a report on the qualified voter file. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, both of the following:
(i) Information on the efficiency and effectiveness of the qualified voter file as a voter registration system.
(ii) Recommendations of the secretary of state for amendments to this act to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the qualified voter file as a voter registration system.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509p - Qualified Voter File; Components.

168.509p Qualified voter file; components.
Sec. 509p.
The qualified voter file must consist of all of the following components:
(a) A computer file that has the capacity to maintain a number of records equal to or greater than the voting age population of this state.
(b) An electronic network that allows participating designated executive departments, state agencies, and county, city, and township clerks to electronically add, change, or delete records contained in the qualified voter file.
(c) An interactive electronic communication system that allows access to records in the file of qualified electors residing in a county, city, or township for the purpose of receiving copies of the county, city, or township file, transmitting data to the county, city, or township file, or reviewing and printing the county, city, or township file. The interactive electronic communication system must be designed to permit counties, cities, or townships that are capable of accessing the interactive electronic communication system to add, change, or delete records regarding qualified electors in the qualified voter file.
(d) A statewide street address index in an electronic medium that will accurately identify the city or township of each record and accurately identify the precinct of each record in the qualified voter file.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509s - Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

168.509s Repealed. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to implementation of study of qualified voter file.
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509t - Person Considered Registered Voter; Persons Required to Vote in Person; Exceptions; Prosecution Not Precluded in State.

168.509t Person considered registered voter; persons required to vote in person; exceptions; prosecution not precluded in state.
Sec. 509t.
(1) Notwithstanding another provision of law to the contrary, a person who is a qualified elector in this state and who registers to vote in a manner consistent with the national voter registration act of 1993 is considered a registered voter under this act.
(2) A person who registers to vote in a jurisdiction in this state by mail or by submitting an electronic voter registration application shall vote in person and shall provide identification as required under section 303(b) of the help America vote act of 2002, 52 USC 21083, if that person has not previously voted in person in this state. This subsection does not apply to any of the following registered voters:
(a) A person who has registered to vote in a jurisdiction in this state in person.
(b) A person entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act.
(c) A person who has a disability as that term is defined in section 103 of the persons with disabilities civil rights act, 1976 PA 220, MCL 37.1103, or, for purposes of voting in person only, a person who is 60 years of age or older.
(d) A person who is entitled to vote other than in person under any other federal law.
(3) This section does not preclude this state from prosecuting a violation of this act that is also a violation of a federal election or voting rights law.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Mar. 12, 1998 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 353, Eff. Feb. 13, 2019
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509u - List Designating Executive Departments, State Agencies, or Other Offices Performing Voter Registration Activities; Armed Forces Recruitment Office as Voter Registration Agency.

168.509u List designating executive departments, state agencies, or other offices performing voter registration activities; armed forces recruitment office as voter registration agency.
Sec. 509u.
(1) Not later than the thirtieth day after the effective date of this section, the governor shall provide a list to the secretary of state designating the executive departments, state agencies, or other offices that will perform voter registration activities in this state.
(2) Pursuant to the national voter registration act of 1993, a recruitment office of the armed forces of the United States is a designated voter registration agency under this act.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509v - Registration to Vote at Certain Locations, by Mail, or Online.

168.509v Registration to vote at certain locations, by mail, or online.
Sec. 509v.
(1) A person who is not registered to vote at the address where he or she resides may apply to register to vote by submitting an application at any of the following locations:
(a) The office of the clerk of a county or the office of the clerk of the city or township in which the applicant resides, during regular office hours of that clerk.
(b) A department of state office.
(c) A designated voter registration agency when submitting an application, recertification, renewal, or change of address at the voter registration agency.
(2) A person who is not registered to vote at the address where he or she resides may apply for registration by submitting a completed mail registration application. A person may request a mail registration application from and submit the application to any of the following:
(a) The secretary of state.
(b) The clerk of the county, city, or township in which the applicant resides.
(c) A designated voter registration agency.
(3) A person who is not registered to vote at the address where he or she resides may apply to register to vote by submitting an electronic voter registration application as provided in section 509ii.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 352, Eff. Feb. 13, 2019
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509w - Person Processing Application; Duties; Transmitting Application; Cost of Forwarding Application.

168.509w Person processing application; duties; transmitting application; cost of forwarding application.
Sec. 509w.
(1) The person processing an application submitted in person at a department of state office, a designated voter registration agency, or the office of a county clerk shall do all of the following:
(a) Validate the application in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state.
(b) Issue a receipt to the applicant verifying the acceptance of the application.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the department of state office, the designated voter registration agency, or the county clerk shall transmit the application not later than 7 days after receipt of the application to the clerk of the county, city, or township where the applicant resides.
(3) If an application under subsection (1) is made from the twenty-first day to the fifteenth day before an election, the department of state office, the designated voter registration agency, or the county clerk shall transmit the application not later than 1 business day to the clerk of the county, city, or township where the applicant resides.
(4) If a completed application is transmitted by the secretary of state or a designated voter registration agency to a county clerk, the secretary of state, to the extent funds are appropriated, shall compensate the county clerk for the cost of forwarding the application to the proper city or township clerk of the applicant's residence from funds appropriated to the secretary of state for that purpose.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509x - Application Considered as Received; Requirements.

168.509x Application considered as received; requirements.
Sec. 509x.
An application for registration is considered received on or before the fifteenth day before an election if 1 of the following requirements is met:
(a) An application is received at a department of state office, a designated voter registration agency, or the office of a county, city, or township clerk on or before the fifteenth day before an election.
(b) An application is received through the mail that is postmarked on or before the fifteenth day before an election.
(c) An application is received through the mail on or before the eighth day before an election, if the postmark is missing or is unclear and the application, on its face, is dated by the applicant on or before the fifteenth day before an election. The clerk shall consider an application received under this subdivision as received before the fifteenth day before an election.
(d) An application is submitted electronically through the electronic voter registration interface on or before the fifteenth day before an election.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 354, Eff. Feb. 13, 2019 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509y - Repealed. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004.

168.509y Repealed. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to failure to register to vote.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509z - Notice to Clerk of Certain Information.

168.509z Notice to clerk of certain information.
Sec. 509z.
The secretary of state shall notify each clerk of the following information regarding residents or former residents of the clerk's city or township:
(a) Driver license or state personal identification card changes of address received by the secretary of state, and whether the person submitted an application for the new address.
(b) The names and addresses in this state of persons who have been issued a driver license in another state.
(c) Death notices received by the secretary of state.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509bb - Failure to Vote; Cancellation of Registration Prohibited.

168.509bb Failure to vote; cancellation of registration prohibited.
Sec. 509bb.
A clerk shall not cancel or cause the cancellation of the registration of a voter from the registration record of the city or township based solely upon that registered voter's failure to vote.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509cc - Challenge of Registration; Response by Voter; Duties of Clerk.

168.509cc Challenge of registration; response by voter; duties of clerk.
Sec. 509cc.
(1) If a registration is challenged under this act and the challenged voter does not respond in the manner provided in this act, the registration record of that voter remains challenged and election officials shall not allow the challenged voter to vote until he or she answers the grounds of the challenge in the manner provided in this act. If a registration is challenged under this act and an election official determines, based upon the response of the challenged voter, that the voter is qualified to vote, the election official shall allow the voter to vote and the clerk shall remove the identification as challenged from the registration record of that voter.
(2) If a clerk does not independently determine that a challenged voter is qualified to vote or if the challenged voter does not respond to the challenge or fails to prove in his or her response to the challenge that he or she is qualified to vote during the period beginning on the date of the notice of challenge under this act and ending on the first business day immediately following the second November general election that is held after the date of the notice, the clerk shall cancel the registration of the voter and remove his or her name from the registration record of the city or township.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509dd - Program to Register Voters or Remove Names.

168.509dd Program to register voters or remove names.
Sec. 509dd.
(1) A clerk may conduct a program to register qualified electors or to remove names of registered voters who are no longer qualified to vote in the city or township from the registration records of that city or township. A clerk who conducts a program to register voters or to remove names under this section shall administer the program in a uniform manner to the entire city or township. The clerk shall use nondiscriminatory procedures that comply with the requirements of the voting rights act of 1965, Public Law 89-110, 79 Stat. 437.
(2) The clerk shall complete any program to remove names conducted under this section 90 days or more before the date of a federal election. The 90-day deadline under this subsection does not apply to the removal of names from the registration records of a city or township under 1 of the following circumstances:
(a) At the request or authorization of a voter.
(b) Upon the death of a voter.
(c) Upon notice that a voter has moved from the city or township and has completed an application at the new address.
(3) Subject to the requirements of this section, a clerk may use 1 or more of the following to conduct a program to register voters or remove names under this section:
(a) A house-to-house canvass.
(b) A general mailing to voters for address verifications.
(c) Participation in the national change of address program established by the postal service.
(d) Other means the clerk considers appropriate.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509ee - Transmission of Report by Voter Registration Agency to Secretary of State.

168.509ee Transmission of report by voter registration agency to secretary of state.
Sec. 509ee.
Not later than 90 days after the request of the secretary of state, a designated voter registration agency shall transmit to the secretary of state a report including all of the following:
(a) Information requested by the secretary of state necessary to administer the provisions of sections 509m to 509gg and the national voter registration act of 1993.
(b) Any other information considered necessary by the secretary of state.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509ff - Records; Purpose; Maintenance; Availability to Public; Names and Addresses to Whom Notice Sent.

168.509ff Records; purpose; maintenance; availability to public; names and addresses to whom notice sent.
Sec. 509ff.
(1) The secretary of state and each county, city, township, or village clerk shall maintain all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities conducted for the purpose of ensuring the accuracy and currency of registration records under this chapter for 2 years or more. Except to the extent that the records maintained pursuant to this section relate to a declination to register to vote or to the identity of a designated voter registration agency through which any particular voter applied for registration pursuant to section 509gg, the secretary of state or a county, city, township, or village clerk shall make the records available for public inspection under reasonable conditions and, if available, for photocopying at a reasonable cost.
(2) The secretary of state or a county, city, township, or village clerk shall include in the records maintained under this section a list of the names and addresses of all persons to whom a notice under section 509aa is sent and if the person has responded to the notice as of the date the inspection of the records is made.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509gg - Information Exempt From Freedom of Information Act.

***** 168.509gg THIS SECTION IS AMENDED EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 13, 2024: See 168.509gg.amended *****
168.509gg Information exempt from freedom of information act.
Sec. 509gg.
(1) The information described in this subsection that is contained in a registration record is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. The secretary of state, a designated voter registration agency, or a county, city, township, or village clerk shall not release a copy of that portion of a registration record that contains any of the following:
(a) The record that a person declined to register to vote.
(b) The office that received a registered voter's application.
(c) A registered voter's driver's license or state personal identification card number.
(d) The month and day of birth of a registered voter.
(e) The telephone number provided by a registered voter.
(f) The digitized signature of an elector that is captured or reproduced and transmitted to the qualified voter file by the secretary of state or a county, city, or township clerk under section 509hh or by the secretary of state under section 307 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.307.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the last 4 digits of a registered voter's social security number contained in a registration record are exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. The last 4 digits of a registered voter's social security number contained in a registration record may only be used by the secretary of state to verify a registered voter's data as provided by the help America vote act of 2002 and to verify a registered voter's status under this act, and shall not be used or released for any other purpose.
History:
Add. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 94, Imd. Eff. Apr. 3, 2014
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 4 of Act 71 of 2005 provides:"Enacting section 4. If any portion of this amendatory act or the application of this amendatory act to any person or circumstances is found invalid by a court, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions or applications of this amendatory act that can be given effect without the invalid portion or application, if the remaining portions are not determined by the court to be inoperable, and to this end this amendatory act is declared to be severable."
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.509hh - Capture or Reproduction of Signature.

168.509hh Capture or reproduction of signature.
Sec. 509hh.
(1) The secretary of state may capture or reproduce the signature of an elector from a voter registration application or pursuant to section 307 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.307, and transmit the signature to the qualified voter file pursuant to section 509q.
(2) The county, city, or township clerk may capture or reproduce the signature of an elector from a voter registration application and transmit the signature to the qualified voter file pursuant to section 509q.
History:
Add. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.511 - Cancellation of Registration; Authorization From Elector.

168.511 Cancellation of registration; authorization from elector.
Sec. 511.
Upon the receipt of an authorization of cancellation of registration from the elector, the clerk shall cancel said registration.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.512 - Challenge of Elector; Affidavit, Contents; Answering Affidavit; Cancellation of Registration; Indiscriminate Challenge, Penalty.

168.512 Challenge of elector; affidavit, contents; answering affidavit; cancellation of registration; indiscriminate challenge, penalty.
Sec. 512.
Any elector of the municipality may challenge the registration of any registered elector by submitting to the clerk of that municipality a written affidavit that such elector is not qualified to vote, which affidavit shall specify the grounds upon which the challenged elector is disqualified. Upon receipt of such affidavit, the clerk shall forthwith send by registered or certified mail to the challenged elector at his registered or last known address a notification of the challenge, which shall include the grounds for such challenge as stated in the affidavit. The challenged elector may within 30 days appear before the clerk and answer the questions and take the oath required of persons challenged on the same grounds at election, or in lieu of appearing in person the challenged elector, within a like period of time, may elect to file with the clerk an affidavit setting forth specifically his qualifications as an elector of the municipality and answering the grounds of the challenge. If within the 30-day period the person challenged shall fail to appear and be sworn or to file an affidavit, or if his statements do not show him to be a qualified elector of the municipality, the clerk shall forthwith cancel his registration. The 30-day period referred to in this section shall be the 30 days immediately following the date of mailing the notice to the challenged elector.
Any person who shall challenge under the provisions of this section, indiscriminately and without good cause or for the purpose of harassment, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 48, Eff. Mar. 19, 1959
Popular Name:
Election Code
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law › Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992) › 116-1954-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Registration of Electors (168.491...168.530) › Section 168.513 - Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.

168.513 Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to cancellation of registration.
Popular Name:
Election Code