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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.810 Poll list; delivery to clerk.
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Sec. 810. One of the poll lists shall be delivered to the clerk of the township or city, as the case may be, and shall be by him filed in his office.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.810a Security of election materials.
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Sec. 810a. (1) Upon request of the county clerk, a member of the board of county canvassers, or the county chair of a major political party, a city or township clerk, as appropriate, shall provide for security as prescribed in this section of the ballots, ballot boxes, and other …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.811 Election returns, records, and applications; preservation; destruction; time.
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Sec. 811. All election returns, including poll lists, statements, tally sheets, absent voters' return envelopes bearing the statement required by section 761, absent voters' records required by section 760, and other returns made by the election inspectors of the several precinct…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.812 Sending election results to secretary of state; obtaining election results.
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Sec. 812. At the time the county canvass is forwarded a county clerk shall send to the secretary of state the results of the election in each precinct in his county for each office and proposal which is being voted upon on a statewide basis, for each congressional and legislative…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.813 Provisional ballot; tabulation; report.
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Sec. 813. (1) Within 6 days after an election, for each provisional ballot that was placed in a provisional ballot return envelope, the city or township clerk shall determine whether the individual voting the provisional ballot was eligible to vote a ballot and whether to tabulat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.814 Rejection of ballot by eligible elector; prohibition.
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Sec. 814. A ballot cast by an eligible elector must not be rejected or otherwise not counted in a canvass, recount, or court order altering the certification of a canvassing board on the grounds that an election official failed to comply with a directive set forth in this act unl…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.82 Secretary of state or attorney general; vacancy, creation, notice to governor.
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Sec. 82. The office of secretary of state or attorney general shall become vacant upon the happening of any of the following events: Death of the incumbent; his resignation; his removal from office for cause; his ceasing to be a resident of the state; his conviction of an infamou…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.821 Meeting of board of county canvassers; place; time.
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Sec. 821. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the board of county canvassers shall meet at the office of the county clerk no later than 9 a.m. on the Thursday after any election held in the county. The county clerk or the county clerk's staff shall determine the meeting dat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.822 Board of county canvassers; canvass of returns, conclusion; failure to certify election results.
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Sec. 822. (1) The board of county canvassers shall then proceed without delay to canvass the returns of votes cast for all candidates for offices voted for and all questions voted on at the election, according to the precinct returns, early voting returns, and absent voter counti…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.823 Board of county canvassers; power to summon and open ballot boxes; correction of errors; summoning of election inspectors; designation of staff to count ballots and make corrections.
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Sec. 823. (1) If it is found, upon the convening of the board of county canvassers, that the returns from any of the boards of election inspectors of the several election precincts are missing, incomplete, or incorrect, or for any other reason it is found necessary, then the boar…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.824 Board of county canvassers; statement of votes; preparation; seal.
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Sec. 824. (1) Upon completion of the canvass under section 822, the board of county canvassers shall prepare a statement in detail of the number of votes cast for each office, the names of the persons for whom such votes were given, and the number of votes given to each person, a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.824a Board of county canvassers; disclosure of out-of-balance precincts.
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Sec. 824a. In any statement prepared under section 824, the board of county canvassers shall disclose the number of out-of-balance precincts that were not reconciled during the county canvass process.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.825 Statements of votes; contents, certification, filing.
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Sec. 825. Any statement prepared under section 824 must state the total number of votes given for each office, the names of the candidates and the number of votes given to each candidate, the total number of votes given on any proposed constitutional amendment or other propositio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.826 Determination and declaration of election results; preparation, delivery, and filing of certificate of determination; publication of statement of votes; certified certificate of election.
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Sec. 826. (1) The board of county canvassers shall determine and declare the result of the election for county and local officers, and for all county and local ballot questions. If a state senatorial or representative district is located solely within 1 county, the board of count…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.827 Certificate of determination to secretary of state.
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Sec. 827. The county clerk of each county that alone constitutes 1 or more senatorial or representative districts shall, on suitable blank forms furnished by the secretary of state, transmit without delay to the secretary of state a copy of the certificate of determination certif…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.828 Statements of votes; certified copy to secretary of state.
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Sec. 828. The clerk of the board of county canvassers forthwith, and in no case later than 24 hours after the completion of the canvass, on forms provided by the secretary of state, shall deliver in person or send to the secretary of state, by registered or certified mail with re…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.829 County provisional ballot report; county affidavit report; voter registration application report.
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Sec. 829. (1) The board of county canvassers shall include the results of the tabulated provisional ballots in the canvass of the election following procedures prescribed by the secretary of state designed to maintain the secrecy of the ballot. (2) Within 14 days after a primary …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.83 Secretary of state or attorney general; impeachment; removal from office; service of charges, hearing.
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Sec. 83. Any person holding the office of secretary of state or attorney general may be removed from office upon conviction in impeachment proceedings for the reasons and in the manner set forth in section 7 of article 11 of the state constitution. The governor shall have the pow…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.830 County clerk; compensation.
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Sec. 830. Each county clerk must receive reasonable compensation for services performed under this act as is allowed by the county board of commissioners, which compensation must be paid out of the treasury of the county.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.831 Defect or mechanical malfunction in election equipment or material; inability of elector to cast valid vote; petition for special election.
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Sec. 831. If an elector cannot cast a valid vote at an election for the candidate of that elector's choice or for or against a ballot question submitted to the voters because of a defect in or a mechanical malfunction of a voting machine, voting device, ballot, or other election …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.832 Defect or mechanical malfunction described in MCL 168.831; aggrieved candidate or elector; filing petition for special election.
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Sec. 832. A candidate aggrieved by a defect or mechanical malfunction as described in section 831 or a registered elector, whose name appears in a poll book at the election for a ballot question aggrieved by a defect or mechanical malfunction as described in section 831, may peti…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.833 Petition for special election; requirements.
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Sec. 833. A petition filed under section 832 shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be typed or printed. (b) Allege the facts that made it impossible to cast a vote for the petitioning candidate or for or against the ballot question. (c) Identify the precinct and city …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.835 Petition for special election; qualification; meeting of board of canvassers; notice of time and place.
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Sec. 835. The secretary or clerk of the board of canvassers shall determine if a petition meets the requirements of section 833. If a petition is so qualified, the secretary or clerk shall call a meeting of the board of canvassers no later than 5 days after receipt of the petitio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.836 Ordering special election in precinct affected by defect or mechanical malfunction; conditions; effect of votes in excess of electors.
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Sec. 836. (1) The board of canvassers shall order a special election for the office of the petitioning candidate or the ballot question only in each precinct affected by a defect or mechanical malfunction as described in section 831 if all of the following are true: (a) An electo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.837 Special election to be conducted by mail; sending ballot to each elector; time limitation; request from board of canvassers; time for returning ballot.
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Sec. 837. (1) A special election ordered under section 836 shall be conducted by mail. Not later than 5 days after the order, the city or township clerk shall send a ballot to each elector whose name was entered in the poll book as having voted in that precinct at the election. (…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.838 Counting and reporting ballots; manner; count to include number of votes cast by absent voters.
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Sec. 838. Ballots returned under section 837 shall be counted and reported in the same manner provided in this act for the counting and reporting of absent voter ballots. The count shall include the number of votes cast by absent voters as shown by the original canvass for that p…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.839 Candidate not required to petition for recount; special election not subject to recount.
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Sec. 839. (1) A candidate who petitions for a special election under section 832 is not required to petition for a recount. (2) A special election held under sections 832 to 838 is not subject to recount.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.84 Secretary of state or attorney general; vacancy; successor, appointment by governor, oath of office, bond.
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Sec. 84. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of secretary of state or attorney general, the governor shall appoint a successor to fill such vacancy and the person so appointed shall take the oath of office, give bond in the manner required by law and shall hold such offi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.841 Board of state canvassers; duties.
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Sec. 841. (1) The board of state canvassers shall canvass the returns and determine the result of all elections for electors of president and vice president of the United States, state officers, United States senators, representatives in congress, circuit judges, state senators a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.842 Board of state canvassers; meeting; time and place, notice, adjournment; expedited canvass of returns.
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Sec. 842. (1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (2), the board of state canvassers, for the purpose of canvassing the returns and ascertaining and determining the result of an election, shall meet on or before the twentieth day after the election. The secretary of the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.843 Statements of votes; filing and preservation by secretary of state; certified copies.
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Sec. 843. The secretary of state, on the receipt of the certified copies of the statements of votes given in the several counties directed by law to be sent to him by the county clerks, shall place on file and preserve such certified copies in his office. If from any county clerk…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.844 Statements of votes; examination, preparation of statement of totals by board of state canvassers.
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Sec. 844. The board of state canvassers shall examine the statements received by the secretary of state of the votes cast in the several counties and prepare a statement showing the total number of votes cast for all candidates for each office, the names of the persons for whom s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.845 Certifying correctness of statement; certificate of determination; certificate of election; declaration of vacancy; publication of constitutional amendment.
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Sec. 845. The members of the board of state canvassers shall certify as to the correctness of the statement provided for in section 844 and subscribe their names to the statement. The members of the board of state canvassers shall determine which persons have been duly elected to…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.845a Procedure for contesting presidential election for erroneous certification or determination on the results.
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Sec. 845a. (1) A candidate listed on the ballot for the office of President or Vice President of the United States who is aggrieved by an error in the certification or determination of the results of a presidential election by the board of state canvassers may seek judicial revie…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.846 Board of state canvassers; tie vote, determination and certification under MCL 168.852.
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Sec. 846. If 2 or more individuals have an equal and the highest number of votes for any office, as canvassed by the board of state canvassers, the tie must be resolved and the winner certified as provided under section 852.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.847 Release of ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and equipment.
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Sec. 847. The secretary of state may authorize the release of all ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and equipment after 30 days following certification of an election by the board of state canvassers in a precinct other than a precinct in which 1 or more of the following oc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.847a Financial disclosure report; candidate for office.
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Sec. 847a. A candidate for office, as that term is defined in section 3 of the candidate for office financial disclosure act, must file the financial disclosure report required under section 5 of the candidate for office financial disclosure act with the department of state befor…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.848 Postelection statement; violation as misdemeanor; false statement as perjury.
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Sec. 848. (1) Each elected candidate subject to the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282, and whose candidate committee received or expended more than $1,000.00 during the election cycle shall file a postelection statement with the filing official de…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.85 Secretary of state or attorney general; election, recount of votes.
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Sec. 85. The votes cast for any candidate for the office of secretary of state or attorney general at any election shall be subject to recount as provided in chapter 33 of this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.851 Tie vote; determination of election by lot, procedure; drawing for state legislature.
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Sec. 851. If it shall appear on the canvass of the votes polled at any election canvassed by the board of county canvassers that 2 or more persons have received an equal number of votes for the same office, and that a failure to elect to any office is caused thereby, the election…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.852 Procedure when no provision for determination of tie vote, right to recount.
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Sec. 852. In case it shall appear that 2 or more persons have an equal number of votes for the same office for which but 1 person is to be nominated or elected and the same shall be the highest number of votes cast therefor, and no other provision is made in this act for determin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.86 Secretary of state or attorney general; recall.
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Sec. 86. Any person elected to the office of secretary of state or attorney general 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 § 168.861 Postcertification recounts; administrative process; denial of petitions for investigation or audit; liberal construction of chapter; "precinct" defined.
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Sec. 861. (1) A board of canvassers is authorized to conduct postcertification recounts of election results under procedures described in this chapter, and all recounts in this state must be conducted under the procedures described in this chapter. (2) A recount conducted under t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.861a Proceedings intended to restrain, enjoin, modify, control, reverse, or otherwise interfere with board of county canvassers; by mandamus only.
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Sec. 861a. Any proceeding intended to restrain, enjoin, modify, control, reverse, or otherwise interfere with the action of a board of county canvassers or any representative operating under the supervision of a board of county canvassers must be instituted only against the board…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.862 Error in canvass or returns of votes; recount petition by candidate; good-faith belief in winning.
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Sec. 862. A candidate for office who believes that the candidate is aggrieved on account of error in the canvass or returns of the votes may petition for a recount of the votes cast for that office in any precinct or precincts. A candidate is aggrieved if the candidate is able to…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.863 Error as to ballot question; recount petition by ballot question committee or elector; good faith winning.
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Sec. 863. If a ballot question committee participates in an election in which there was a ballot question on the ballot and that ballot question committee believes that, but for error, the outcome of the ballot question would have been the opposite result, that ballot question co…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.865 Recount petitions; forms.
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Sec. 865. (1) A candidate petition for a recount must be in the following form: CANDIDATE PETITION FOR A RECOUNT I ____________________, the petitioner, reside at ___________________________, and I petition the __________ (state/county) board of canvassers for a recount of the vo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.866 Recount petition; filing; deadline.
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Sec. 866. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), recount petitions, either for an office or ballot question, other than those filed with the secretary of state, must be filed with the clerk of the board of county canvassers that originally conducted the canvass. (2) …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.867 Recount petition; filing; deposit; adjustment of deposit; refund; disposition of sum deposited.
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Sec. 867. (1) A recount petition under section 862 or 863 must be filed with the clerk of the appropriate board of county canvassers. Except as otherwise provided in this section, at the time of filing the recount petition, the petitioner shall deposit with the clerk the sum of $…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.868 Recount petition; notice to opposing candidates or ballot question committees; counter petition; objections to recount petition; meeting; ruling; failure to give notice to opposing candidate or ballot question committee; withdrawal of recount petition.
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Sec. 868. (1) If a petitioner files a recount petition under section 862 or 863 and makes the deposit under section 867, the clerk of the board of county canvassers shall give notice of the recount petition to the opposing candidates described in this subsection or ballot questio…