Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xxiii Chapter XXIII Registration Of Electors (168.491...168.530)

• Section 168.491 Inspectors Of Election; Vote Of Registered Electors Required.
  The inspectors of election at an election or primary election in this state, or in a district, county, township, city, or village in this...
• Section 168.492 Qualifications For Registration As Elector.
  Each person who has the following qualifications of an elector, or who will have those qualifications at the next election or primary election, is...
• Section 168.492a Registration Of Persons Confined In Jail.
  A person confined in a jail, who is otherwise a qualified elector, prior to trial or sentence may, upon request, register under section 504....
• Section 168.493 Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to registration cards.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.494 Registration Cards; File; Definitions.
  The term “registration cards”, as used in this chapter, shall be construed as meaning either cards or loose leaf sheets, and either may be...
• Section 168.495 Registration Affidavit; Contents.
  The registration affidavit required under section 493 shall contain all of the following: (a) The name of the elector. (b) The residence address of...
• Section 168.495a Repealed. 2011, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Oct. 4, 2011.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to removal of party preference from precinct and registration file.
• Section 168.496 Registration Of Electors; Duties Of Secretary Of State.
  It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to make the proper forms for use in the registration of electors, in recommending...
• Section 168.497 Application For Registration; Validity Of Registrations; Execution; Filing; Notice; Exception.
  (1) A person who is not registered but possesses the qualifications of an elector as set forth in section 492, may apply for registration...
• Section 168.497a School Millage Elections To Which Limitation In Mcl 168.497 Inapplicable; Validity Of Registration.
  The 30-day limitation contained in section 497 shall not apply to a second school millage election allowable under section 36(3) of the general property...
• Section 168.497c Voter Registration; Presentation Of Picture Identification Card; Affidavit.
  (1) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, a person who applies in person to register to vote...
• Section 168.498 Clerk Of Township, City, Or Village; Office Hours, Days, And Place For Receiving Applications For Registration; Public Notice; Notice Of Registration For School Millage Election; Agreement To Jointly Publish Public Notice.
  (1) The governing body of a township, city, or village may provide by resolution that in that township, city, or village the clerk shall...
• Section 168.499 Registration Of Elector; Registration Application; Oaths; Interpreter; False Material Statement As Misdemeanor; Accepting Fee As Misdemeanor; Voter Identification Card; Effect Of Voter Identification Card Returned To Post Office.
  (1) An elector entitled to registration in an election precinct may become registered in the precinct by applying in person and signing the registration...
• Section 168.499a-168.499d Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to appointment, duties, jurisdiction, and training of deputy registrars.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.500 Voter Registration Of Applicant; Procedure For Applicant Unable To Write Or Sign Name Because Of Physical Disability.
  If an applicant for voter registration is unable to write, or sign his or her name on the voter registration application because of a...
• Section 168.500a Registration Or Change In Registration Of Person Applying For Renewal Of Operator's Or Chauffeur's License; Application; Contents; Signing And Stamping Application; Verification Receipt; Forwarding Application To County Clerk Or City Or Township Clerk.
  (1) The secretary of state or the secretary of state's agent shall afford a person who appears in a department of state branch office...
• Section 168.500b Forwarding Application For Registration To Clerk Of City Or Township; Compensation Of County Clerks; Obtaining Additional Information; Transmitting Application To Appropriate Clerk; Electronic Transmission Of Address Change.
  (1) Not more than 5 business days after receipt of an application for registration, the county clerk shall forward the application for registration to...
• Section 168.500c Issuance Of Voter Identification Card; Effect Of Returning Card As Nondeliverable.
  The clerk of a city or township, upon receiving an application for registration from an applicant the clerk determines to be qualified as an...
• Section 168.500d Elections In Which Applicant Permitted To Vote; Determination And Notice Of Nonqualification; Presenting Validated Voter Registration Application Receipt At Polls.
  A person who has properly completed an application for registration at an office of the secretary of state or his agent shall be permitted...
• Section 168.500e Preparation Of Registration Forms; Notice Of Cancellation.
  The city or township clerk shall prepare the registration forms needed for the city or township from information contained on properly completed and validated...
• Section 168.500f Repealed. 2012, Act 523, Eff. Mar. 28, 2013.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to transmission of registration information to village clerk.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.500g Repealed. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to signing registration card.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.500h Notifying Clerks Of Changes Of Address, Death Notices, And Names Of Drivers Issued License In Another State; Evidence Of Elector's Removal From Municipality.
  The secretary of state, or his or her agent, shall notify local clerks of changes of address. The secretary of state shall notify local...
• Section 168.500i “agent” Defined.
  As used in sections 500a to 500j, “agent” means a person appointed by the secretary of state to act as an examining officer for...
• Section 168.500j Rules.
  The secretary of state may promulgate rules, including rules governing voter registration application by an illiterate or disabled person, necessary to implement sections 500a...
• Section 168.501 Registration Cards; Master File.
  The original registration cards shall be filed alphabetically and shall be termed the "master file". The master file shall contain the signature of each...
• Section 168.501a Repealed. 2005, Act 71, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2005.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to creation and arrangement of regitration list.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.502 Registration Cards; Township, City Or Village Clerk; Custody Of Files.
  The master file and the precinct files shall at all times remain in the custody of the township, city or village clerk, as the...
• Section 168.502a Repealed. 1989, Act 142, Eff. Dec. 1, 1990.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to examination of voter registration records and to inactive voter file.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.503 Registration Records; Loss Or Destruction Of Registration Card, Execution Of New Registration Affidavit; Loss Or Destruction Of Files, Re-registration Of Electors; Noncompliance, Correction Or Re-registration, Expense.
  If either the original or duplicate registration card, or both, of any elector shall be lost, destroyed or mutilated, the clerk of the township,...
• Section 168.504 Repealed. 2006, Act 605, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2007
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to registration of disabled or absent electors.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.505 Authorization To Cancel Previous Registration; Signature; Form; Notice Of Cancellation; Effect Of Previous Address In Another State; Duties Of Clerk; Authorization To Cancel Or Notice Received From Another State.
  (1) At the time an elector is applying for registration, the registration officer shall ascertain if the elector is already registered as a voter....
• Section 168.506 Change Of Residence Within Township, City, Or Village; Transfer Of Registration By Clerk.
  A registered elector may, upon change of residence within the township, city, or village, cause his registration to be transferred to his new address...
• Section 168.506a Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to declaration or change in party preference, request, failure to identify date of birth, recordation, and voter identification card.Popular...
• Section 168.507 Execution Of Transfer Of Registration Request; Comparison Of Signatures; Certification; Filing Application For Transfer; Proper Name Of Street Or Resident House Number; Notice; Eligibility To Vote.
  (1) A registered elector who has removed from 1 election precinct of a township, city, or village to another election precinct of the same...
• Section 168.507a Moving To Another Township Or City; Voting At Place Of Last Registration; Affidavit; Applicability Of Subsections (1) And (2); Forms; Cancellation Of Registration; Voting In Person Or By Absentee Ballot.
  (1) A registered and qualified elector of this state who has moved from the township or city of a county in which he or...
• Section 168.507b Moving To Another Township Or City; Registration After Close Of Registration And Voting; Conditions; Voting At Office Of Clerk Or By Absentee Ballot; Effective Date.
  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a registered and qualified elector who has moved from the township or city of a county in...
• Section 168.508 Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to transfer of registration and notice to elector.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.509 Repealed. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to examination of voter registration records.
• Section 168.509a Repealed. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to members of armed forces on active duty.
• Section 168.509b-168.509l Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to definitions, statewide voter registration network, duties of secretary of state and clerks, county and state files, registration lists,...
• Section 168.509m Purpose Of Mcl 168.509m To 168.509hh; Definitions.
  (1) The purposes of this section and sections 509n to 509hh are all of the following: (a) To establish a statewide qualified voter file...
• Section 168.509n Secretary Of State; Duties.
  The secretary of state is responsible for the coordination of the requirements imposed under this chapter, the national voter registration act of 1993, and...
• Section 168.509o Qualified Voter File; Establishment And Maintenance; Persons Considered Registered Voters; Signed Application.
  (1) The secretary of state shall direct and supervise the establishment and maintenance of a statewide qualified voter file. The secretary of state shall...
• Section 168.509p Qualified Voter File; Components.
  The qualified voter file shall consist of all of the following components: (a) A computer file that has the capacity to maintain a number...
• Section 168.509q Qualified Voter File; Information To Be Contained For Each Voter.
  The qualified voter file shall contain all of the following information for each qualified voter: (a) The name; residence address including house number and...
• Section 168.509r Qualified Voter File; Establishment And Maintenance Of Computer System And Programs; Access; Verification Of Accuracy; Compilation Of Electors; Sources; Person Whose Name Does Not Appear In File; Requirements; Adding, Deleting, Or Changing Information; Inactive Voter File.
  (1) The secretary of state shall establish and maintain the computer system and programs necessary to the operation of the qualified voter file. The...
• Section 168.509s Implementation Study Of Qualified Voter File; Presentation Of Results To Governor And Legislature; Creation Of System Design And Cost Analysis; Creation Of Design And Programming Schedule.
  (1) The secretary of state shall secure the necessary assistance to have an implementation study of the qualified voter file conducted before July 1,...
• Section 168.509t Person Considered Registered Voter; Persons Required To Vote In Person; Exceptions; Prosecution Not Precluded In State.
  (1) Notwithstanding another provision of law to the contrary, a person who is a qualified elector in this state and who registers to vote...
• Section 168.509u List Designating Executive Departments, State Agencies, Or Other Offices Performing Voter Registration Activities; Armed Forces Recruitment Office As Voter Registration Agency.
  (1) Not later than the thirtieth day after the effective date of this section, the governor shall provide a list to the secretary of...
• Section 168.509v Registration To Vote At Certain Locations Or By Mail.
  (1) A person who is not registered to vote at the address where he or she resides may apply to register to vote by...
• Section 168.509w Person Processing Application; Duties; Transmitting Application; Cost Of Forwarding Application.
  (1) The person processing an application submitted in person at a department of state office, a designated voter registration agency, or the office of...
• Section 168.509x Application Considered As Received; Requirements.
  An application for registration is considered to be received on or before the close of registration, if 1 of the following requirements is met:...
• Section 168.509y Repealed. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to failure to register to vote.
• Section 168.509z Notice To Clerk Of Certain Information.
  The secretary of state shall notify each clerk of the following information regarding residents or former residents of the clerk's city or township: (a)...
• Section 168.509aa Updating Registration Upon Receipt Of Certain Information; Duties Of Clerk; Instruction By Clerk To Challenge Voter; Cancellation Of Registration; Notice That Registered Voter Has Moved Out Of State.
  (1) A clerk may use change of address information supplied by the United States postal service or other reliable information received by the clerk...
• Section 168.509bb Failure To Vote; Cancellation Of Registration Prohibited.
  A clerk shall not cancel or cause the cancellation of the registration of a voter from the registration record of the city or township...
• Section 168.509cc Challenge Of Registration; Response By Voter; Duties Of Clerk.
  (1) If a registration is challenged under this act and the challenged voter does not respond in the manner provided in this act, the...
• Section 168.509dd Program To Register Voters Or Remove Names.
  (1) A clerk may conduct a program to register qualified electors or to remove names of registered voters who are no longer qualified to...
• Section 168.509ee Transmission Of Report By Voter Registration Agency To Secretary Of State.
  Not later than 90 days after the request of the secretary of state, a designated voter registration agency shall transmit to the secretary of...
• Section 168.509ff Records; Purpose; Maintenance; Availability To Public; Names And Addresses To Whom Notice Sent.
  (1) The secretary of state and each county, city, township, or village clerk shall maintain all records concerning the implementation of programs and activities...
• Section 168.509gg Information Exempt From Freedom Of Information Act.
  (1) The information described in this subsection that is contained in a registration record is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act,...
• Section 168.509hh Capture Or Reproduction Of Signature.
  (1) The secretary of state may capture or reproduce the signature of an elector from a voter registration application or pursuant to section 307...
• Section 168.510 Deceased Electors; Cancellation Of Registration.
  At least once a month, the county clerk shall forward a list of the last known address and birth date of all persons over...
• Section 168.511 Cancellation Of Registration; Authorization From Elector.
  Upon the receipt of an authorization of cancellation of registration from the elector, the clerk shall cancel said registration. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff....
• Section 168.512 Challenge Of Elector; Affidavit, Contents; Answering Affidavit; Cancellation Of Registration; Indiscriminate Challenge, Penalty.
  Any elector of the municipality may challenge the registration of any registered elector by submitting to the clerk of that municipality a written affidavit...
• Section 168.513 Repealed. 1994, Act 441, Imd. Eff. Jan. 10, 1995.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to cancellation of registration.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.514 Cancellation Of Registration.
  If the registration of an elector is canceled, the clerk shall make a proper entry on the original and duplicate registration cards, indicating the...
• Section 168.515 Registration Records; Verification By House-to-house Canvass.
  The several township, city and village clerks may conduct a house-to-house canvass or use such other means of checking the correctness of registration records...
• Section 168.516 Registration Records; Public Inspection.
  The registration record shall be open for public inspection under rules and regulations prescribed by the clerk. History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1,...
• Section 168.517 Division Of Ward Or Precinct; Transfer Of Registration Cards, Notations, Notice To Electors.
  Whenever any ward or precinct of any township, city or village shall be divided or changed pursuant to law, then the clerk of such...
• Section 168.518 Organization Of New Township; First Registration Of Electors; Records; Notice; Incorporation Of New City; Registration Records; Annexation To City; Statement By Township Clerk.
  Whenever a new township shall be organized, the persons designated to act as inspectors for the first election to be held therein shall constitute...
• Section 168.519 Illegal Or Fraudulent Registration; Penalty.
  No township, city or village clerk or assistant clerk shall register any person whom such clerk shall know or have good reason to believe...
• Section 168.520 Illegal Or Fraudulent Registration; Township, City Or Village Clerk, Powers And Duties; Assistance By Police Or Sheriff; Assistant Examiners, Appointment, Expenses.
  Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of any township, city or village clerk that there is probable illegal or fraudulent registration in his...
• Section 168.521 Illegal Or Fraudulent Registration; Removal Of Names, Notice; Reinstatement; Review By Mandamus; Challenge.
  Whenever any township, city or village clerk shall determine that any name has been illegally or fraudulently entered upon the registration records of any...
• Section 168.522 Making, Certifying, And Delivering Computer Tape, Disk, Or Listing Of Names And Addresses Of Registered Electors; Year, Month, And Day Of Birth Of Elector; Information Exempt From Disclosure.
  (1) A clerk of a city, township, or village who maintains a computerized file of registered voters and who does not have direct access...
• Section 168.522a Request Under Freedom Of Information Act; Year Of Elector's Birth.
  A person making a request under the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to...
• Section 168.523 Identification Of Registered Elector; Presenting Official State Identification Card, Operator's Or Chauffeur's License, Or Generally Recognized Picture Identification Card; Execution Of Application; Challenge; Affidavit; Approval, Initial, And Notation Of Application; Application As Poll List; Filing Application; Notations On Cards Or Lists; Record Of Voting Participation.
  (1) At each election, before being given a ballot, each registered elector offering to vote shall identify himself or herself by presenting an official...
• Section 168.523a Individual Not Listed On Voter Registration List; Issuance Of Ballot; Procedure.
  (1) If an individual who has applied to register to vote on or before the close of registration appears at a polling place on...
• Section 168.524 Number Of Eligible Voters; Reports By Township, Village And City Clerks To County Clerks After Registration Closing.
  Within 15 days after the close of registration prior to all primary and general elections, each township, village and city clerk shall report to...
• Section 168.530 Repealed. 1999, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1999.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to review of voter registration system by advisory committee.Popular Name: Election Code

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