Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xxviii-absent-voters Absent Voters (168.758...168.769a)

• Section 168.758 “absent Voter” Defined; Provisions Inapplicable To Persons Residing Outside Of State; Exceptions.
  (1) For the purposes of this act, “absent voter” means a qualified and registered elector who meets 1 or more of the following requirements:...
• Section 168.758a Absent Voter Ballot For President And Vice-president; Qualifications.
  (1) A citizen of the United States above the age of 18 years may vote by absent voter ballot for president and vice-president of...
• Section 168.758b Voting By Persons Confined In Jail Or Prison Prohibited.
  A person who, in a court of this or another state or in a federal court, has been legally convicted and sentenced for a...
• Section 168.758c Repealed. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to certain electors considered absent voters for purposes of community college district special elections.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.759 Application To Vote Absentee; Time; Manner; Form; Availability; Signature Of Applicant; False Statement As Misdemeanor.
  (1) At any time during the 75 days before a primary or special primary, but not later than 2 p.m. of the Saturday immediately...
• Section 168.759a Absent Uniformed Services Voter Or Overseas Voter; Electronic Transmission Of Voter Registration Or Ballot Application; Requirements; Spouse Or Dependent; Electronic Transmission Of Ballot To Voter; Establishment And Implementation Of Procedures By Secretary Of State; Confidentiality Of Electronic Mailing Address; Approval Of Ballot Form And Registration Procedures By State Director Of Elections; Use Of Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot; Report; Selection Of Political Party Ballot For Presidential Primary Election; Extension Of Ballot Receipt Deadline; Definitions.
  (1) An absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter who is not registered, but possessed the qualifications of an elector under section 492,...
• Section 168.759b Emergency Absent Voters' Ballot; Application.
  Any registered elector may apply for absent voter ballots at any time prior to 4 p.m. on election day if he shall have become...
• Section 168.759c Absent Voter Ballot; Political Party Ballot Selection.
  For a presidential primary election, the secretary of state shall revise the absent voter ballot application form described in section 759 or provide a...
• Section 168.760 Absent Voters; Records, Public Inspection.
  Upon receipt of such properly executed application, as above provided, the city, township or village clerk shall file the same in his office and...
• Section 168.761 Absent Voter Ballots; Mailing Or Delivering To Applicant; Order Of Issuance; Numbering; Return Envelope; Form; Statement; False Statement As Misdemeanor Or Felony; Presentation Of Picture Identification Card; Affidavit; Challenged Ballot.
  (1) If the clerk of a city, township, or village receives an application for an absent voter ballot from a person registered to vote...
• Section 168.761a Absent Voters' Ballots; Precinct Delegate Ballots.
  In cities or townships which have established absent voter ballot counting boards, when precinct delegates are to be elected, the clerk, when forwarding absent...
• Section 168.762 Absent Voters' Ballots; Procedure When No Application.
  If from any precinct the said township, village or city clerk shall not receive any application for absent voter ballots, he shall deliver the...
• Section 168.763 Repealed. 1956, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Mar. 28, 1956.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section imposed duty upon clerk to initial 3 additional absentee ballots before delivery to board of inspectors.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.764 Absent Voter Ballot; Instructions.
  In addition to the instructions provided to an absent voter under section 764a, the following ballot marking instructions for an absent voter concerning the...
• Section 168.764a Instructions For Absent Voters.
  The following instructions for an absent voter shall be included with each ballot or set of ballots furnished an absent voter:  INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSENT...
• Section 168.764b Delivery And Acceptance Of Absent Voter Ballots; Appointment, Oath, Credentials, And Duties Of Assistants; Collection Of Absent Voter Ballots; Prohibition; Noncompliance.
  (1) An absent voter ballot shall be delivered to the clerk only as authorized in the instructions for an absent voter provided in section...
• Section 168.764c Ballot Tracker Program; Tracking Absent Voter Ballots Online.
  If a city, township, or village has access to the ballot tracker program provided by the state, the clerk of that city, township, or...
• Section 168.765 Absent Voter Ballots; Safekeeping By Clerk; Public Inspection Of Applications And Lists; Delivery To Board Of Election Inspectors; Voter Ballot Received After Polls Closed; Information To Be Posted By Clerk.
  (1) A clerk who receives an absent voter ballot return envelope containing the marked ballots of an absent voter shall not open that envelope...
• Section 168.766 Absent Voters' Ballots; Verification By Election Inspectors.
  (1) Upon receipt from the city, township or village clerk of any envelope containing the marked ballot or ballots of an absent voter, the...
• Section 168.767 Absent Voters' Ballots; Illegal Vote; Rejection Of Ballot; Marking; Preservation.
  If upon an examination of the envelope containing an absent voter's ballot or ballots, it is determined that the signature on the envelope does...
• Section 168.768 Absent Voters' Ballots; Legal Vote; Deposit Of Ballot In Box, Record.
  If upon such examination of the envelope containing an absent voter's ballot or ballots, the board of inspectors of election shall determine that such...
• Section 168.769 Absent Voter Ballots; Voting In Person; Return Of Ballot; Voting In Person And Absent Voter Ballot As Felony; Report.
  (1) An absent voter may vote in person within his or her precinct at an election, notwithstanding that he or she applies for an...
• Section 168.769a Use Of Voting Machines By Absentee Voters; Ballot Format; Election Inspectors; Locking And Sealing Voting Machine; Record; Poll List; Recording Of Votes; Notice; Challenger.
  (1) In a city or township using voting machines the city or township election commission may provide that an absent voter who appears at...

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