Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xxviii-preparation-prin Preparation, Printing And Delivery Of Official Ballots (168.684...168.719)

• Section 168.684 Vignette; Preparation, Adoption, Size; Notice Of Change; Provision Of Cuts.
  The state central committee of each political party in this state shall prepare and adopt a vignette, to be printed at the top of...
• Section 168.685 Printing Name Of Candidate Of New Political Party On Ballot; Certificate; Petition To Form New Political Party; Disqualification And Requalification Of Party; Party Subject To Mcl 168.686a; Prohibited Conduct.
  (1) The name of a candidate of a new political party shall not be printed upon the official ballots of an election unless the...
• Section 168.686 State Convention; Canvass Of Returns; Certification Of Nominees; Presidential And Vice-presidential Candidates.
  Within 24 hours after the conclusion of the state convention before a general election, the state central committee of each political party shall canvass...
• Section 168.686a Nomination By Caucus Or Convention Where No Candidate Polls 5% Of Vote Cast For Candidates For Secretary Of State.
  (1) If a political party entitled to a position on the ballot failed to have at least 1 candidate who polled at least 5%...
• Section 168.686b Nonmajor Political Party; Notice Of County Caucus Or State Convention.
  A political party that is not a major political party, as defined in section 16, and that is required to nominate candidates at a...
• Section 168.687 Certification Of Nominations By Board Of Canvassers.
  The board of canvassers, whose duty it is to determine who are nominated for public office at any official primary election, shall forthwith, upon...
• Section 168.688 Certificates Of Nomination; Delivery.
  All certificates of nomination required to be made to the board of election commissioners of any county shall be delivered to the county clerk,...
• Section 168.689 Official Ballots; Preparation, Printing.
  The board of election commissioners of each county shall prepare the official ballots for use at any state, district or county election held therein,...
• Section 168.690 Official Ballots; Delivery To Township, Village And City Clerks; Duties Of Township And Municipal Election Boards.
  The township, city, or village board of election commissioners for each jurisdiction conducting the election shall have the ballots required for a regular or...
• Section 168.691 Official Ballots; Names Of Candidates; Identification Numeral; Compliance.
  (1) Each board of election commissioners shall have printed on the ballot, or on ballot labels or slips to be placed on a voting...
• Section 168.692 Nomination By More Than 1 Party; Choice; Nomination For More Than 1 Office.
  Any person nominated at a primary election by more than 1 political party, or certified as a nominee by more than 1 political party,...
• Section 168.692a Qualifying Petition Not To Be Filed By Certain Persons.
  A person who files a partisan nominating petition or filing fee as a candidate of a political party, or who is nominated by a...
• Section 168.693 Nomination By More Than 1 Party Or For More Than 1 Office; Failure To Make Choice; Procedure.
  Any person nominated at a primary or certified as a candidate by more than 1 political party for the same office, or for more...
• Section 168.694 Applicability Of Certain Sections.
  All the provisions of sections 691, 692, 693 and 695 of this act shall also apply to all city, village and township elections held...
• Section 168.695 Ineligibility Of Candidate At Subsequent Election.
  No person whose name was printed or placed on the primary ballots or voting machines as a candidate for nomination on the primary ballots...
• Section 168.696 Printing Name Of Candidate For Federal, State, District, County, And Township Offices On 1 Ballot; Separate Column; 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.
  (1) The board of election commissioners in each county shall have the name of each candidate for federal, state, district, county, and township offices...
• Section 168.697 General November Election; Order Of Placing Offices On Ballot.
  At the general November election, the names of the several offices to be voted for shall be placed on the ballot substantially in the...
• Section 168.698 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 a separate presidential ballot.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.699 Nonpartisan Offices; Placement On Separate Portion Of Ballot; Order Of Listing Offices.
  At any regular election, the names of the several nonpartisan offices to be voted for shall be placed on a separate portion of the...
• Section 168.700 Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 56, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to placement of names on ballot at biennial spring election.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.701 Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 56, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to placement of names on ballot at biennial spring election.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.702 Official Ballots; Placing Of Name To Fill Vacancy.
  The name of a candidate to fill a vacancy in any office shall be placed in the appropriate place on the ballot, regard being...
• Section 168.703 Official Ballots; Position Of Parties.
  The ticket of the party having the greatest number of votes in the state at the last election in which a secretary of state...
• Section 168.703a Repealed. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to listing of candidates and incumbents on official ballots.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.704 Official Ballots; Size Of Voting Squares Or Circles.
  Every square which is printed on any ballot and which is intended as a place for an elector to mark his choice shall be...
• Section 168.705 Official Ballots; Paper, Printing, Numbering, Color Of Paper.
  The ballots of each kind shall be of uniform size and printed in black ink on white paper of a grade equal to 50-pound...
• Section 168.706 Official Ballot; Arrangement; Basis.
  The arrangement of the ballot containing the names of candidates for office shall be prescribed by the secretary of state based upon the voting...
• Section 168.707 Repealed. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to certification of ballot form relating to proposed constitutional amendment or other proposition to be submitted to electors.Popular Name:...
• Section 168.708 Proposed Constitutional Amendment Or Question; Statement Of Purpose, Publication.
  The secretary of state shall duly prepare a concise statement setting forth the nature of any such proposed amendment or other proposition and shall...
• Section 168.709 Proposed Constitutional Amendment Or Question; Statement Of Purpose, Copies To Voting Precincts, Posting.
  The secretary of state shall also furnish the several county clerks in the state at least 2 copies of each such statement on paper...
• Section 168.710 Proposed Constitutional Amendment Or Question; Proof Copies Of Ballots, Filing, Public Inspection.
  The county board of election commissioners shall place on file at the office of the county clerk, at least 15 days prior to any...
• Section 168.711 Filing And Mailing Proof Copies Of Ballots; Affidavit; Certification; Correction And Printing Of Ballots; Forwarding Copy To Secretary Of State.
  At the time of filing the proof copy of the ballot at the office of the county clerk, the county board of election commissioners...
• Section 168.712 Ballots; Omissions Or Mistakes; Reprinting.
  If the name of any candidate regularly certified to the board of election commissioners is omitted from the ballots, or if it is found...
• Section 168.713 Delivery Of Ballots And Supplies To County Clerk.
  The county board of election commissioners shall cause the ballots required for any regular or special election or official primary election in the county,...
• Section 168.714 Delivery Of Ballots And Supplies To Township And City Clerks; Receipt Of Delivery; Deadlines.
  (1) The county clerk of each county, at the earliest possible time and at least 45 days before a regular election or special election...
• Section 168.715 Absent Voters' And Other Ballots; Duties Of Township And City Clerks, Delivery To Voting Precinct Boards Of Election Inspectors.
  It shall be the duty of county, city and township clerks to keep safeguarded all official ballots for absent voters' use. The said township...
• Section 168.716 Absent Voters' And Other Ballots; Wrapping, Sealing.
  The ballots of each kind for each election precinct shall be wrapped and secured in 2 separate packages. Each package shall be securely sealed...
• Section 168.717 Absent Voters' Ballots; Numbering, Packaging, Marking.
  At least 3% of the total number of ballots of each kind to which each precinct is entitled, together with such additional number as...
• Section 168.717a Absent Voters' Ballots Where Voting Machines Used Exclusively; Form, Contents, Discontinuance.
  (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in cities, villages or townships where voting machines are used exclusively, the absent voter ballots...
• Section 168.718 Official Ballots; Printer, Acts Prohibited; Instruction Ballots, Printing.
  It shall not be lawful for the printer of official ballots for use at any election, or any other person, to give or deliver...
• Section 168.719 City, Township And Village Election Commissions; Duties; Party Committees, Duties; Proof Copy Of Ballot, Public Inspection.
  The election commission of each city, township and village shall perform such duties relative to the preparation, printing and delivery of ballots as are...

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