Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xxviii-conduct-of-elect Conduct Of Elections And Manner Of Voting (168.720...168.750)

• Section 168.720 Polls; Times Of Opening And Closing.
  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...
• Section 168.721 Polls; Opening And Closing Governed By Central Standard Time.
  Unless otherwise specified, the hours for the opening and closing of polls and for the conducting of elections shall be governed by eastern standard...
• Section 168.722 Polls; Announcement Of Opening And Closing.
  The chairman or an inspector designated by him shall announce to those present at the polling places, the opening of the polls and the...
• Section 168.723 Ballot Boxes; Examination, Locking.
  Before opening the polls, each ballot box to be used at the election shall be examined by the board of inspectors of election and...
• Section 168.724 Ballots; Opening Packages; Distribution Of Pencils; Unused Absent Voters' Ballots.
  At the opening of the polls, after the organization of and in the presence of the board of inspectors, 1 of the inspectors shall...
• Section 168.725 Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided for manner of initialing ballots.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.726 Ballots; Delivery To Elector.
  No ballots shall be delivered to an elector by any person other than 1 of the inspectors of election and only within the polling...
• Section 168.727 Challenge; Duty Of Election Inspector; Indiscriminate Challenge; Penalty.
  (1) An election inspector shall challenge an applicant applying for a ballot if the inspector knows or has good reason to suspect that the...
• Section 168.728 Challenges; Disposition.
  If at the time a person proposing to vote is challenged, there are several persons awaiting their turn to vote, said challenged person shall...
• Section 168.729 Challenges; Oath, Questions As To Qualifications; False Statements, Penalty.
  If any person attempting to vote shall be challenged as unqualified, he shall be sworn by 1 of the inspectors of election to truthfully...
• Section 168.730 Designation, Qualifications, And Number Of Challengers.
  (1) At an election, a political party or an incorporated organization or organized committee of citizens interested in the adoption or defeat of a...
• Section 168.731 Challengers; Statement Of Appointment By Organization; Contents; Authorization; Appointment Without Authorization; Penalty.
  (1) Not less than 20 and not more than 30 days before an election, an incorporated organization or organized committee of interested citizens other...
• Section 168.732 Presence Of Challenger In Room Containing Ballot Box; Evidence Of Right To Be Present.
  Authority signed by the recognized chairman or presiding officer of the chief managing committee of any organization or committee of citizens interested in the...
• Section 168.733 Challengers; Space In Polling Place; Rights; Space At Counting Board; Expulsion For Cause; Protection; Threat Or Intimidation.
  (1) The board of election inspectors shall provide space for the challengers within the polling place that enables the challengers to observe the election...
• Section 168.734 Challengers; Preventing Presence, Penalty.
  Any officer or election board who shall prevent the presence of any such challenger as above provided, or shall refuse or fail to provide...
• Section 168.735 Poll Book And Poll List; Contents.
  (1) At each primary and election, election inspectors shall keep 1 poll book and 1 poll list. An election inspector shall enter in the...
• Section 168.736 Voting; Ballots, Delivery To Electors By Numbers; Assistance By Election Inspectors.
  When an elector applying to vote shall not be challenged, or, having been challenged, if the answers to questions asked him while under oath...
• Section 168.736a Minor Child In Booth Or Compartment.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, a minor child may accompany an elector in the booth or voting compartment at...
• Section 168.736b Secrecy Sleeve; Primary Election; Instructions.
  Each ballot secrecy sleeve used at a primary election shall either contain the following ballot marking instructions printed on the front of the ballot...
• Section 168.736c Secrecy Sleeve; General Election; Instructions.
  Each ballot secrecy sleeve used at a general election shall either contain the following ballot marking instructions printed on the front of the ballot...
• Section 168.736d Secrecy Sleeve; Nonpartisan Election; Instructions.
  Each ballot secrecy sleeve used at a nonpartisan election shall either contain the following ballot marking instructions printed on the front of the ballot...
• Section 168.736e Secrecy Sleeve; Special Election; Instructions.
  Each ballot secrecy sleeve used at a special election shall either contain the following ballot marking instructions printed on the front of the ballot...
• Section 168.736f Ballot Marking Instructions; Limitation.
  The ballot marking instructions as provided in sections 736b, 736c, 736d, 736e, and 764, are the only written ballot marking instructions that shall be...
• Section 168.736g Discontinued Use Of Secrecy Sleeve Defaced, Marred, Or Containing Other Mark.
  If a ballot secrecy sleeve used at an election or a ballot marking instruction sheet contained in a clear plastic pocket on the front...
• Section 168.737 Repealed. 2012, Act 128, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2012.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to manner of marking ballot.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.737a Write-in Vote; Declaration Of Intent; Filing; Death Or Disqualification Of Candidate; Write-in Candidate For Precinct Delegate; Forms; Information.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of election inspectors shall not count a write-in vote for a person unless that...
• Section 168.738 Voting; Ballots; Folding; Deposit In Ballot Box; Rejection For Exposure.
  (1) Before leaving the booth or voting compartment, the elector shall fold his or her ballot or each of the ballots so that no...
• Section 168.739 Voting; Ballots, Deposit In Separate Boxes; Label On Box.
  The ballots containing the names of candidates for federal, state, district and county offices shall be deposited in 1 box, the ballots containing the...
• Section 168.740 Voting; Ballots, Spoiling.
  If any elector inadvertently spoils a ballot, he shall return all of the ballots given him to the board, and said board shall deliver...
• Section 168.741 Voting; Unused And Spoiled Ballots, Preservation.
  The board of inspectors of election shall preserve the unused ballots, together with the ballots which have been spoiled by the electors and in...
• Section 168.742 Voting; Time For Voting Ballot.
  The board of inspectors of election may make such regulations as they deem proper, reasonably limiting the time in which an elector may remain...
• Section 168.743 Voting; Ballots, Return By Elector; Failure, Penalty.
  No elector to whom an official ballot has been delivered shall be permitted to pass without the polling place without either voting such ballot...
• Section 168.744 Prohibited Acts; Violation As Misdemeanor.
  (1) An election inspector or any other person in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet...
• Section 168.744a Appearance Of Name Of Elected Or Appointed Official In Polling Place Or Room Prohibited; Violation; Fine.
  (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the name of an elected or appointed official of this state or a political subdivision...
• Section 168.745 Ballot Of Challenged Voter; Endorsement, Rejection.
  Whenever at any election the ballot of any person who has been challenged as an unqualified voter and who has taken the oath provided...
• Section 168.746 Ballot Of Challenged Voter; Endorsement Concealed, Identification Prohibited.
  To prevent the identification of said ballot, except as hereinafter provided for in case of a contested election, the inspectors of election shall cause...
• Section 168.747 Contested Election; Challenged Voters' Ballots, Identification In Court.
  In case of a contested election, on the trial thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be competent for either party to...
• Section 168.748 Contested Election; Petition To Determine Qualifications Of Electors.
  After issue joined in any case of contested election, either party to the cause may present a petition to the court before which the...
• Section 168.749 Contested Elections; Challenged Voters' Ballots, Removal Of Slips Concealing Endorsements, Replacement.
  On said trial, the judge presiding thereat and no other person shall remove from all challenged voters' ballots the slips of paper concealing the...
• Section 168.750 Electors; Exemption From Civil Process.
  During the day on which any election or primary election shall be held, pursuant to the provisions of law, no civil process shall be...

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