Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xxxiii-county-city-town County, City, Township And Village Boards Of Canvassers (168.861...168.877)

• Section 168.861 Fraudulent Or Illegal Voting, Or Tampering With Ballots Or Ballot Boxes; Remedy By Quo Warranto.
  For fraudulent or illegal voting, or tampering with the ballots or ballot boxes before a recount by the board of county canvassers, the remedy...
• Section 168.862 Fraud Or Mistake In Canvass Or Returns Of Votes; Recount Petition By Candidate.
  A candidate for office who believes he or she is aggrieved on account of fraud or mistake in the canvass or returns of the...
• Section 168.863 Fraud Or Error As To Proposed Charter Amendment Or Other Ballot Question; Recount Petition By Elector.
  A qualified and registered elector voting in a city, township, or village election who believes there has been fraud or error committed by the...
• Section 168.864 Repealed. 1996, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to conducting recount in primary election.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.865 Recount Petition; Contents.
  Such petition shall be sworn to and shall set forth as near as may be the nature of the mistakes or frauds complained of...
• Section 168.866 Recount Petition; Filing; Deadline; Filing Of Copy With Secretary Of State.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), recount petitions, either for an office or proposition, other than those filed with the secretary of...
• Section 168.867 Recount Petition; Deposit; Refund; Disposition Of Sum Deposited.
  (1) A candidate or elector filing a recount petition pursuant to section 862 or 863 shall file the recount petition with the clerk of...
• Section 168.868 Recount Petition; Notice To Opposing Candidates; Counter Petition; Objections To Recount Petition; Hearing; Ruling; Failure To Give Notice To Opposing Candidate.
  (1) If a candidate has filed a recount petition and made the deposit under sections 862 and 867, the clerk of the board of...
• Section 168.869 Recount Petition; Investigation, Delay; Expenses Of Local Recount.
  Upon the filing of a petition for recount, and the giving of notice, if notice is required to be given, the board of county...
• Section 168.870 Board Of Canvassers; Investigation Of Recount.
  For the purpose of such investigation, the clerk, if no meeting be already appointed, shall call a meeting of such board of canvassers and...
• Section 168.871 Recount; Use Of Electronic Voting System; Use Of Voting Machines; Recount Of Absent Voter Ballots; Procedures For Conduct Of Recount; Use Of Computer; Testing Software Application.
  (1) The board of canvassers conducting a recount pursuant to this chapter shall recount all ballots of a precinct using an electronic voting system...
• Section 168.871a Challenge Raised By Candidate Or Elector; Resolution; Petition Disagreeing With Resolution; Notice; Hearing; Ruling.
  If a proper challenge is raised by a candidate or an elector interested in a ballot question during a recount being conducted by the...
• Section 168.872 Board Of Canvassers; Investigation, Report To Prosecutor And Circuit Judge.
  Whenever a petition has been filed for a recount by any person conceiving himself aggrieved on account of any fraud, wrongdoing or violation of...
• Section 168.873 Recount; Misconduct Of Employees, Felony.
  Any officer, assistant, clerk or employee engaged in the conduct of a recount who shall wilfully commit any act which shall interfere with a...
• Section 168.874 Recount; Return Of Ballots; Manner Of Counting Votes.
  (1) Pursuant to this chapter, the board of canvassers conducting the recount shall reject all previous returns from the precincts, townships, or wards, except...
• Section 168.875 Recount; Completion.
  All recounts shall be completed for a primary election not later than the twentieth day and for any other election not later than the...
• Section 168.876 Recount; Returns By Board Of Canvassers, Withdrawal Of Petition; Final Report Open To Public Inspection.
  The returns made by the said board of canvassers upon recount shall be deemed to be correct, anything in the previous returns from such...
• Section 168.877 Review Of Apparent Error By Certiorari.
  Any candidate for a county, city, ward, township or village office not receiving a certificate of election, or any qualified and registered elector voting...

Last modified: October 10, 2016