Sec. 766.
(1) Upon receipt from the city, township or village clerk of any envelope containing the marked ballot or ballots of an absent voter, the board of inspectors of election shall verify the legality of such vote by an examination of a digitized signature for the absent voter included in the qualified voter file under section 509q or the registration record as provided in subsection (2) to see that the person has not voted in person, that he is a registered voter, and that the signature on the statement agrees with the signature on the registration record; and by an examination of the statement of such voter to see that it is properly executed.
(2) The qualified voter file shall be used to determine the genuineness of a signature on an envelope containing an absent voter ballot. Signature comparisons shall be made with the digitized signature in the qualified voter file. If the qualified voter file does not contain a digitized signature of an elector, or is not accessible to the clerk, the city or township clerk shall compare the signature appearing on an envelope containing an absent voter ballot to the signature contained on the master card.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 192, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005
Last modified: October 10, 2016