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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.687 Certification of nominations by board of canvassers.
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Sec. 687. The board of canvassers, whose duty it is to determine who are nominated for public office at any official primary election, shall forthwith, upon such determination, certify the nomination as follows: For an office to be filled by the electors of the state at large, to…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.688 Certificates of nomination; delivery.
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Sec. 688. All certificates of nomination required to be made to the board of election commissioners of any county shall be delivered to the county clerk, or forwarded to him by registered or certified mail with return receipt demanded, and such county clerk shall deliver such cer…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.689 Official ballots; preparation, printing.
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Sec. 689. The board of election commissioners of each county shall prepare the official ballots for use at any state, district or county election held therein, and shall have printed a sufficient number of ballots containing the names of all candidates properly certified to said …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.69 Governor or lieutenant governor; recall.
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Sec. 69. Any person elected to the office of governor or lieutenant governor shall be subject to recall as provided in chapter 36 of this act and in section 8 of article 2 of the state constitution.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.690 Official ballots; delivery to township or city clerks; duties.
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Sec. 690. The township or city board of election commissioners for each jurisdiction conducting the election shall have the ballots required for a regular or special township, village, city, school, or community college election, or official primary election for the nomination of…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.691 Official ballots; names of candidates; identification numeral; compliance.
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Sec. 691. (1) Each board of election commissioners shall have printed on the ballot, or on ballot labels or slips to be placed on a voting machine, when used, the names of the candidates certified to that board under this act. A candidate's name shall not be placed or printed in …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.692 Nomination by more than 1 party; choice; nomination for more than 1 office.
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Sec. 692. Any person nominated at a primary election by more than 1 political party, or certified as a nominee by more than 1 political party, or nominated by 1 political party and thereafter certified as a nominee by another political party, shall be notified of such dual nomina…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.692a Qualifying petition not to be filed by certain persons.
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Sec. 692a. A person who files a partisan nominating petition or filing fee as a candidate of a political party, or who is nominated by a political party convention, committee, or caucus and accepts the nomination, shall not file a qualifying petition under chapter XXIVA for an of…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.693 Nomination by more than 1 party or for more than 1 office; failure to make choice; procedure.
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Sec. 693. Any person nominated at a primary or certified as a candidate by more than 1 political party for the same office, or for more than 1 office, except where 2 or more offices may be legally combined, who fails to designate the particular office sought and the party column …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.694 Applicability of certain sections.
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Sec. 694. Sections 691, 692, 693, and 695 apply to all city, village, and township elections held in this state under this act, except that the notice required to be given by a candidate shall, in case of a city, village, or township office, be given by him or her to the proper c…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.695 Ineligibility of candidate at subsequent election.
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Sec. 695. No person whose name was printed or placed on the primary ballots or voting machines as a candidate for nomination on the primary ballots of 1 political party shall be eligible as a candidate of any other political party at the election following that primary.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.696 Printing name of candidate for federal, state, district, county, and township offices on 1 ballot; placement; filing request for clarifying designation of same or similar surnames; notice of determination; appeal; printing occupation, date of birth, or residence of candidate; incumbency designation; guidelines.
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Sec. 696. (1) The board of election commissioners in each county shall have the name of each candidate for federal, state, district, county, and township offices at an election printed on 1 ballot, separate from any other ballot. The name of each candidate of each political party…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.697 General November election; order of placing offices on ballot.
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Sec. 697. At the general November election, the names of the several offices to be voted for must be placed on the ballot substantially in the following order in the years in which elections for those offices are held: Electors of President and Vice President of the United States…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.699 Nonpartisan offices; placement on separate portion of ballot; order of listing offices.
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Sec. 699. At any regular election, the names of the several nonpartisan offices to be voted for shall be placed on a separate portion of the ballot containing no party designation in the following order: justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals, judges of the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.7 Primary or primary election; definition.
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Sec. 7. The term "primary" or "primary election", as used in this act, shall mean a primary election held for the purpose of deciding by ballot who shall be the nominees for the offices named in this act, or for the election by ballot of delegates to political conventions.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.702 Official ballots; placing of name to fill vacancy.
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Sec. 702. The name of a candidate to fill a vacancy in any office shall be placed in the appropriate place on the ballot, regard being had to its being a state, congressional, legislative or county office.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.703 Official ballots; position of parties.
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Sec. 703. The ticket of the party having the greatest number of votes in the state at the last election in which a secretary of state was elected, as shown by the votes cast thereat for secretary of state, shall be placed first on the ballot, the position of other party tickets t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.706 Official ballot; arrangement; basis.
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Sec. 706. The arrangement of the ballot containing the names of candidates for office shall be prescribed by the secretary of state based upon the voting equipment being used in each county.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.708 Proposed constitutional amendment or question; statement of purpose, publication.
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Sec. 708. The secretary of state shall duly prepare a concise statement setting forth the nature of any such proposed amendment or other proposition and shall send copies of said statement to the several daily and weekly newspapers published in the state, prior to the election, w…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.71 Offices of secretary of state or attorney general; eligibility.
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Sec. 71. A person is not eligible to the offices of secretary of state or attorney general if the person is not a registered and qualified elector of this state by the date the person is nominated for the office.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.710 Proposed constitutional amendment or question; proof copies of ballots, filing, public inspection.
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Sec. 710. The county board of election commissioners shall place on file at the office of the county clerk, at least 58 days before any election, a proof copy of the official ballot containing the names of candidates for public office to be voted for at the election. The proof co…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.711 Filing and mailing proof copies of ballots; affidavit; certification; correction and printing of ballots; forwarding copy to secretary of state.
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Sec. 711. (1) At the time of filing the proof copy of the ballot at the office of the county clerk, the county board of election commissioners shall direct the county clerk to send by first-class mail a proof copy of the official ballot to each candidate whose name appears on the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.712 Ballots; omissions or mistakes; reprinting.
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Sec. 712. If the name of any candidate regularly certified to the board of election commissioners is omitted from the ballots, or if it is found that a mistake has been made in the printing of the name of any candidate on the ballot, the board of election commissioners shall have…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.713 Delivery of ballots and supplies to county clerk.
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Sec. 713. The county board of election commissioners shall cause the ballots required for any regular or special election or official primary election in the county, wrapped and tied as required by this act, to be delivered to the county clerk at the earliest possible time after …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.714 Delivery of ballots and supplies to township and city clerks; receipt of delivery; deadlines.
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Sec. 714. (1) The county clerk of each county, at the earliest possible time and at least 45 days before a regular election or special election in the county, shall cause to be delivered to the clerk of each township and city in the county the absent voter ballots for each precin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.715 Absent voters' and other ballots; duties of township and city clerks, delivery to voting precinct boards of election inspectors.
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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…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.716 Absent voters' and other ballots; wrapping, sealing.
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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…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.717 Absent voters' ballots; numbering, packaging, marking.
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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 a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.718 Official ballots; printer, acts prohibited; instruction ballots, printing.
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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 whic…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.719 City and township election commissions; party committees; duties; proof of ballot; public inspection.
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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 …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.72 Candidates for lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general; nomination at fall state convention.
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Sec. 72. At its fall state convention, each political party may nominate a candidate for each of the offices of lieutenant governor, secretary of state and attorney general.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720 Polls; times of opening and closing.
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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 sha…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720a Definitions for MCL 168.720b to 168.720j.
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Sec. 720a. As used in sections 720b to 720j: (a) "County agreement" means an agreement, or any amendment to the agreement, between 1 or more municipalities located in whole or in part in the same county and the county clerk of that county authorizing the county clerk of the count…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720b Right to vote at early voting site; timing requirements.
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Sec. 720b. (1) A registered and qualified elector in this state has the right to vote in person in each statewide and federal election at an early voting site before election day. An elector at an early voting site has the same rights and is subject to the same requirements as an…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720c Secretary of state implementation and duties; early voting requirements; guidance and instruction to election officials.
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Sec. 720c. (1) The secretary of state shall supervise the implementation and conduct of early voting required under section 4(1)(m) of article II of the state constitution of 1963 to provide each elector an opportunity to cast a ballot in person before each statewide or federal e…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720d Local administration of early voting; agreements; notice.
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Sec. 720d. (1) Each municipality shall administer early voting under 1 of the following provisions: (a) Conduct early voting as a single municipality separate from any other municipality as provided under section 720e. (b) Enter into a municipal agreement and jointly conduct earl…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720e Single municipality; administration of early voting without agreement; designation at polling place; appointment of election inspectors; additional voting days; local elections; resolution.
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Sec. 720e. (1) The clerk of a municipality that does not enter into a municipal agreement or county agreement for conducting early voting is responsible for administering early voting in that municipality. (2) Each early voting site for a municipality described in subsection (1) …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720f Municipal agreement requirements; appointment of coordinator and election inspectors; early voting poll book; days and hours of early voting; withdrawal from agreement.
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Sec. 720f. (1) The secretary of state shall prescribe the provisions that must be included in a municipal agreement. The provisions must include, at a minimum, all of the following: (a) The name of each municipality that is a party to the agreement. (b) The number of precincts in…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720g County agreement requirements; appointment of coordinator and election inspectors; days and hours of early voting; withdrawal from agreement.
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Sec. 720g. (1) The secretary of state shall prescribe the provisions that must be included in a county agreement between 1 or more municipalities located in the same county and the county clerk of that county authorizing the county clerk to conduct early voting for each municipal…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720h Early voting plans; requirements; certification.
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Sec. 720h. (1) No later than 120 days before the first statewide or federal election in each even numbered year, all of the following apply: (a) Each municipality that is conducting early voting as a single municipality under section 720e must file an early voting plan with the c…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720i Early voting sites; location and quantity requirements.
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Sec. 720i. (1) An early voting site is subject to the same requirements as a polling place except that an early voting site may do either or both of the following: (a) Serve electors from more than 6 precincts. (b) Serve electors from more than 1 municipality located in a county.…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.720j Early voting tabulation; electronic tabulating equipment; early voting poll books; alternate configuration sets; board of election inspectors responsibilities; reporting of early voting results; violation; penalty.
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Sec. 720j. (1) At each early voting site, ballots must be cast using electronic tabulating equipment authorized to be used on election day or specifically authorized for early voting in the county where the early voting site is located. (2) The clerk of the county where an early …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.721 Polls; opening and closing governed by central standard time.
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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 op…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.722 Polls; announcement of opening and closing.
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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.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.723 Ballot boxes; examination, locking.
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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 …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.724 Ballots; opening packages; distribution of pencils; unused absent voters' ballots.
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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 ma…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.726 Ballots; delivery to elector.
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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.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.727 Challenge; duty of election inspector; indiscriminate challenge; penalty.
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Sec. 727. (1) An election inspector shall challenge an applicant applying for a ballot if the inspector knows or has good reason to suspect that the applicant is not a qualified and registered elector of the precinct, or if a challenge appears in connection with the applicant's n…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.728 Challenges; disposition.
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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 o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.729 Challenges; oath, questions as to qualifications; false statements, penalty.
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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 ques…