Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xxix Chapter XXIX Canvass By The Precinct Inspectors (168.801...168.813)

• Section 168.801 Canvass Of Votes By Precinct Inspectors; Public Access.
  Immediately on closing the polls, the board of inspectors of election in each precinct shall proceed to canvass the vote. Such canvass shall commence...
• Section 168.802 Excess Ballots; Disposition.
  When the board is ready to proceed with the counting of any kind of ballots, the box containing such ballots shall be opened and...
• Section 168.803 Counting And Recounting Of Votes; Intent Of Voter; Stray Marks; Instructions Issued By Secretary Of State.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the following rules govern the counting and recounting of votes: (a) If it is clearly evident...
• Section 168.804 Canvass; Tallying.
  In the canvass of votes cast for candidates for public office, the board shall first select and count the straight tickets and shall cause...
• Section 168.805 Ballots; Packaging; Statement; Placement In Ballot Box; Seal; Delivery.
  (1) After the ballots are counted as provided in this chapter, the board of election inspectors shall securely tie the ballots in packages or...
• Section 168.806 Duplicate Statements Of Returns; Contents, Certificate As To Correctness.
  (1) The election inspectors shall then prepare duplicate statements of the returns showing the whole number of votes cast for all offices voted that...
• Section 168.806a Seal; Procedures.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this act to the contrary, when the board of election inspectors is required to seal a ballot box, voting...
• Section 168.807 Election Results; Availability.
  Immediately after the canvass has been completed, the result, stating the total number of votes received by each person voted for in said precinct...
• Section 168.808 Statement Of Returns; Failure To Sign Certificate, Falsification, Penalty.
  Any member of the board of inspectors who fails to sign said certificate shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Should...
• Section 168.809 Election Returns And Records; Delivery; Unofficial Tabulation.
  (1) The board of election inspectors shall seal 1 of the statement of returns and 1 of the tally sheets or the combined tally...
• Section 168.810 Poll List; Delivery To Clerk.
  One of the poll lists shall be delivered to the clerk of the township or city, as the case may be, and shall be...
• Section 168.810a Security Of Election Materials.
  (1) Upon request of the county clerk, a member of the board of county canvassers, or the county chair of a major political party,...
• Section 168.811 Election Returns, Records, And Applications; Preservation; Destruction; Time.
  All election returns, including poll lists, statements, tally sheets, absent voters' return envelopes bearing the statement required by section 761, absent voters' records required...
• Section 168.812 Sending Election Results To Secretary Of State; Obtaining Election Results.
  At the time the county canvass is forwarded a county clerk shall send to the secretary of state the results of the election in...
• Section 168.813 Provisional Ballot; Tabulation; Report.
  (1) Within 6 days after an election, for each provisional ballot that was placed in a provisional ballot return envelope, the city or township...

Last modified: October 10, 2016