Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xxviii-voting-machines Voting Machines (168.770...168.799a)

• Section 168.770 Voting Machines Authorized; Contracts Between Governing Bodies As To Use.
  (1) Unless the secretary of state implements the uniform voting system in a precinct, at all elections held in this state, ballots or votes...
• Section 168.770a Voting Device; Authorization Of Use By Secretary Of State; Petition; Rules As To Election Procedures.
  Until the secretary of state implements the uniform voting system, the secretary of state may permit the use of any type of voting device...
• Section 168.771 Voting Machines; Purchase.
  Until notified by the secretary of state under section 37, a county board of commissioners, the legislative body of an incorporated city or village,...
• Section 168.771a Selection Of Electronic Voting System; Criteria.
  Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the secretary of state shall allow a county clerk, in consultation...
• Section 168.772 Voting Machines; Construction And Operation.
  A voting machine to be purchased as provided in section 771 of this act must be so constructed as to provide facilities for voting...
• Section 168.773 Voting Machines Or Uniform Voting System; Maintenance; Custody.
  (1) A county board of commissioners, the legislative body of a city or village, or the township board of a township adopting a voting...
• Section 168.774 Voting Machines; Contracts For Purchase, Terms.
  The board of supervisors of any county, the legislative body of any city or village, or the township board of any township, on the...
• Section 168.775 Voting Machines; Ballot Labels, Printing, Order Of Names; Amendments Or Questions; Vignettes; Printed Ballots.
  All ballot labels shall be printed in black ink on clear white material or amendments, propositions and questions may be printed on red tinted...
• Section 168.776 Voting Machines; Supplies And Equipment; Keys, Delivery And Return.
  Not to exceed 3 additional sets of ballot labels shall be provided for each polling place for each election for use on the voting...
• Section 168.777 Voting Machines; Model, Instructions.
  A model representing a portion of the face of the machine and containing fictitious names must be delivered to each board of election inspectors...
• Section 168.778 Voting Machines; Control; Clerk And Assistants As Officers Of Election; Compensation; Exception; Number Of Assistants; Preparation Of Machines; Inspection; Certification; Lighting; Delivery Of Machines; Police Protection; Supervision Of Machines.
  The clerk of a city, village, or township in which voting machines are used shall have complete control of the machines. However, if the...
• Section 168.779 Election Inspectors; Qualifications As To Voting Machines.
  No inspector of election shall serve in any election at which a voting machine is used unless he shall have received instruction as provided...
• Section 168.780 Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section dispensed with all clerks and gatekeepers in any city, village or township where voting machines were used.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.781 Election Inspectors And Poll Clerks; Opening Of Polls, Examination Of Machine Seals And Counter, Delivery Of Keys, Other Duties.
  The inspectors of election and poll clerks, if any, of each district shall meet at the polling place therein, at least 1/2 hour before...
• Section 168.782 Repealed. 1966, Act 62, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1966.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to irregular and emergency ballots.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.782a Voting Machines; Voting For More Write-in Candidates Than Space On Machine, Procedure.
  If any voter wishes to vote for more write-in candidates than there are spaces upon the voting machine or for any person whose name...
• Section 168.782b Voting Machines; Use Of Emergency Ballots When No Reserve Machine Available.
  If there is no reserve machine available, emergency ballots may also be provided by the board of election commissioners of the county, having suitable...
• Section 168.783 Voting Machines; Challenged Voter, Procedure.
  When the right of any person offering to vote is challenged and his answers under oath shall show him to possess the qualifications to...
• Section 168.784 Voting Machines; Irregular Ballots, Unlawful Use.
  With the exception of persons not nominated or for a combination of names that cannot be voted with the machine and except for voting...
• Section 168.785 Voting Machines; Location.
  The exterior of the voting machine and every part of the polling place shall be in plain view of the election officers and the...
• Section 168.786 Voting Machines; Voting; Secrecy; Time Limit.
  Only 1 voter at a time shall be permitted to pass within the guard rail to vote. The operating of the voting machine by...
• Section 168.787 Voting Machines; Keyboard Concealed.
  The front of the voting machine shall be in full view of the inspectors and bystanders at all times during the election, and the...
• Section 168.788 Voting Machines; Locking.
  An inspector of election shall attend to the locking and unlocking of the machine and it shall be his duty to prevent said machine...
• Section 168.789 Voting Machines; Election Inspectors, Instructions To Voter, Assistance To Incapacitated Voter.
  In case any elector, after entering the voting machine booth, shall ask for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, 2 inspectors shall give...
• Section 168.790 Voting Machines; Defacing, Altering Or Injuring Machine Or Labels.
  No voter or other person shall deface, alter or injure the voting machine or change position of the ballot labels thereon. It shall be...
• Section 168.791 Voting Machines; Sealing Against Voting; Reading And Announcement Of Vote; Absent Voters' Ballots; Legality; Count And Tally; Completion Of Returns; Availability; Sealing And Locking Machine.
  As soon as the polls of election are officially closed and the last voter has voted, the inspectors of election shall seal the operating...
• Section 168.791a Printer Type Voting Machines; Definition, Operation.
  “Printer type voting machine” as used in this act means a voting machine which prints the reading upon each of the respective candidate and...
• Section 168.792 Voting Machines; Discrepancy In Return; Re-canvass; Examination, Statement Of Result; Petition For Recount.
  (1) If it appears that there is a discrepancy in the returns of any election district, the board of county canvassers, or the authorized...
• Section 168.792a Absent Voter Counting Boards.
  (1) For elections conducted before July 1, 2014, if a city, township, or village decides to use absent voter counting boards, the board of...
• Section 168.792b Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to inapplicability of MCL 168.792a in presidential primary elections.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.793 Voting Machines; Inspectors' Statement Forms.
  The proper board of election commissioners shall furnish the necessary inspectors' statement of returns sheets and the certificates and envelopes suitable to the machine...
• Section 168.794 Definitions Used In Mcl 168.794 To 168.799a.
  As used in sections 794 to 799a: (a) “Audit trail” means a record of the votes cast by each voter that can be printed,...
• Section 168.794a Electronic Voting System; Authorization; Acquisition; Abandonment; Use; Accuracy Test; Applicability Of Subsections (1) And (2).
  (1) Subject to this section, the board of commissioners of a county, the legislative body of a city or village, the township board of...
• Section 168.794b Electronic Voting System; Manner Of Payment.
  The board of commissioners of a county, the legislative body of a city or village, the township board of a township, or the school...
• Section 168.794c Applicability And Construction Of Provisions; Rules.
  The provisions of sections 794 to 799a control with respect to elections where electronic voting systems are used, and shall be liberally construed so...
• Section 168.795 Electronic Voting System; Requirements; Method For Rendering Electronic Tabulating Equipment Inoperable; Equipping Each Polling Place With Accessible Voting Device.
  (1) An electronic voting system acquired or used under sections 794 to 799a shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) Provide for voting...
• Section 168.795a Electronic Voting System; Approval By Board Of State Canvassers; Conditions; Approval Of Improvement Or Change; Inapplicability Of Subsection (1); Intent To Purchase Statement; Instruction In Operation And Use; Disapproval.
  (1) An electronic voting system shall not be used in an election unless it is approved by the board of state canvassers as meeting...
• Section 168.795b Printing Or Displaying Ballot Labels, Questions, Office Titles, And Names Of Candidates; Columns, Pages, And Directional Signs; Ballot Stub.
  (1) Ballot labels shall be printed or displayed in plain, clear, black type on white surface. Questions may be printed or displayed on red...
• Section 168.795c Indicating Different Parts Of Ballot On Ballot Label; Placement Of Parts; 2 Or More Elections On Same Day; Partisan Elections; Voting Split Or Mixed Ticket.
  The different parts of the ballot, such as partisan, nonpartisan, and questions, shall be prominently indicated on the ballot label, and, if practicable, each...
• Section 168.796 Sample Ballots.
  Sample ballots, which shall be facsimile copies of the official ballot or ballot labels, shall be provided as required by law. At least 2...
• Section 168.796a Electronic Voting System; Preparation For Election; Equipment And Supplies; Voting Stations.
  (1) Before an election at which an electronic voting system is used, the board of election commissioners of the county, city, village, township, or...
• Section 168.796b Repealed. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to instruction of election inspectors.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.797 Inspectors Of Election; Duties; Certification Of Equipment Operation.
  Not less than 30 minutes before the opening of the polls, the inspectors of election shall arrive at the polling place and prepare the...
• Section 168.797a Instruction In Method Of Voting On Electronic Voting System; Use Of Ballot Processed Through Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Procedure; Detached Stub; Spoiled Ballot; Processing Of Challenged Voter Ballot; Removal Of Ballot.
  (1) Before entering the voting station, each elector shall be offered instruction in the proper method of voting on the electronic voting system. If...
• Section 168.797b Rules.
  The secretary of state shall promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969,...
• Section 168.797c Computer Program; Disposition And Use Of Source Code.
  A person or company providing a computer program that examines, counts, tabulates, and prints results of the votes cast by a voter on an...
• Section 168.798 Testing Of Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Notice; Method; Sealing Programs, Test Materials, And Ballots; Rules; Sealing Memory Device.
  (1) Before beginning the count of ballots, the board of election commissioners shall test the electronic tabulating equipment to determine if the electronic tabulating...
• Section 168.798a Separate Counting Center; Direction And Conduct Of Proceedings; Method.
  If a separate counting center is used, all proceedings shall be under the direction of the clerk or authorized assistants. The proceedings shall be...
• Section 168.798b Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Unofficial And Official Returns; Manual Count.
  Before the conduct of the official count, the clerk may conduct an unofficial count in order to provide early unofficial returns to the public....
• Section 168.798c Casting Absentee Votes On Paper Ballots Or Ballot Cards; Count; Recording; Voting And Processing Absent Voters' Ballots; Inspection Of Rejected Ballot.
  (1) Absentee votes may be cast on paper ballots or ballot cards or both. Absent voter ballots may be counted in the various voting...
• Section 168.799 Injuring, Altering, Or Defacing Voting Device, Ballot, Or Other Equipment; Interference With Correct Operation Of Equipment; Enforcement; Examination.
  A person shall not willfully injure any voting device, ballot, or other record or equipment or interfere or attempt to interfere with its correct...
• Section 168.799a Recounting Punched, Marked, Or Stamped Ballot; Procedure; Stray Marks; Releasing Sealed Materials.
  (1) This section governs the recounting of a ballot on which a voter has made a selection by means of a punch, mark, or...

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