Voting Machines; Voting; Secrecy; Time Limit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 168.786
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168.786 Voting machines; voting; secrecy; time limit.
Sec. 786.
Only 1 voter at a time shall be permitted to pass within the guard rail to vote. The operating of the voting machine by the elector while voting shall be secret and obscure, from all other persons, except as provided by this act in cases of assisted electors or a minor child accompanying an elector in the booth or voting compartment under section 736a. A voter shall not have the right to remain within the voting machine booth longer than 2 minutes and if he or she refuses to leave it after the lapse of 2 minutes, the voter shall be removed by the inspectors. However, the inspectors may grant the voter further time in their discretion.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
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Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955
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Am. 1996, Act 213, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1996
Compiler's Notes: This section was amended by Act 240 of 1964, but that act was disapproved by the voters in the November, 1964, election.
Popular Name: Election Code
Section: 168.779 168.781 168.782a 168.782b 168.783 168.784 168.785 168.786 168.787 168.788 168.789 168.790 168.791 168.791a 168.792
Last modified: March 17, 2013
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