Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-XXV - Chapter XXV Delegates, Conventions and Party Committees (168.591...168.620a)
Section 168.615c - Selection of Political Party Ballot by Elector; Separate Record; Disclosure; Record Retention.

Sec. 615c.
(1) In order to vote at a presidential primary election, an elector shall indicate in writing, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, which political party ballot he or she wishes to vote when appearing at a presidential primary election.
(2) The secretary of state shall develop a procedure for city and township clerks to use when keeping a separate record at a presidential primary election that contains the printed name, address, and qualified voter file number of each elector and the political party ballot selected by that elector at the presidential primary election.
(3) The information acquired or in the possession of a public body indicating which political party ballot an elector selected at a presidential primary election is not exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(4) Within 71 days after the presidential primary election, the secretary of state shall make available to the public in an electronic format a file of the records for each political party described under subsection (2). The secretary of state shall set a schedule for county, city, and township clerks to submit data or documents required under subsection (2). The secretary of state and county, city, and township clerks shall destroy the information indicating which political party ballot each elector selected at the presidential primary election as recorded in subsection (2) immediately after the expiration of the 22-month federal election records retention period.
History: Add. 2011, Act 163, Imd. Eff. Oct. 4, 2011 Popular Name: Election Code

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Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law

Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)

116-1954-XXV - Chapter XXV Delegates, Conventions and Party Committees (168.591...168.620a)

Section 168.591 - Commencement of State Convention in Even Numbered Years; Date, Time, and Location; Issuance of Calls.

Section 168.592 - County Conventions in Even Numbered Years; Purpose; Time; Designation of Date, Place, and Hour of Meeting; Issuance of Call; Number of Delegates; Counties Having 2 or More Congressional Districts; Committee; Temporary Chairperson; O...

Section 168.593 - State Conventions in Odd Years; Time, Issuance of Calls; Apportionment of Delegates Among Counties.

Section 168.594 - County Convention in Odd Years; Time and Place, Issuance of Call; Election of Delegates to State Convention; Congressional District Conventions, Committee, Temporary Chairman, Election of Delegates, Certification.

Section 168.595 - Delegates to State Conventions; Apportionment to Wards, Precincts, Townships or Districts; Basis.

Section 168.595a - Delegates to State Convention; Legislators as Delegates at Large, Alternates, Vote.

Section 168.596 - Fall Conventions and Spring Conventions; Definition.

Section 168.597 - State Central Committee; Members, Officers, Term of Service.

Section 168.598 - State Central Committee; Forwarding Copy of Call for Fall State Convention; Apportionment of Delegates; Allocation of Additional Delegates.

Section 168.599 - Executive Committee; Selection by Delegates to Fall County Convention in County With Population of Less Than 1,500,000; Replacement of Former Nominee; Vacancy; Appointment of Officers; Certification of Names and Addresses; Temporary...

Section 168.600 - Congressional District Conventions and Caucuses; Election and Terms of Officers and Committee.

Section 168.600a - Congressional District Officers; Residence Requirement, Exception.

Section 168.601 - County Comprising Single Congressional or Judicial District; County Committee.

Section 168.602 - County Comprising More Than One Congressional District; County Committee.

Section 168.603 - Repealed. 1967, Act 189, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.

Section 168.603a - Counties Over 400,000; Legislators as Members of Congressional District Committee and Delegates at Large.

Section 168.604 - Repealed. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990.

Section 168.605 - Delegates to Fall County Convention; Write-in Candidates.

Section 168.606 - Delegates to Fall County Convention; Election, Notice.

Section 168.607 - Delegates to Fall County Convention; Election; Votes Required; Tie Vote; Determination by Lot.

Section 168.608 - Certifying and Recording Names of Delegates; Notification of Delegates; Certification of Delegates to County Conventions; Definition.

Section 168.609 - Delegates to City or County Convention; Proxy Prohibited; Vacancies in Delegation.

Section 168.610 - Repealed. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976.

Section 168.611 - Reconvening of Delegates in County Convention; Election of Delegates to State Convention; Day, Time, and Place of County Convention; Definitions.

Section 168.612 - Precinct or Convention Delegate; Age.

Section 168.613 - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

Section 168.613a - Statewide Presidential Primary Election; Time; Limitation on Participation; Conduct.

Section 168.613c - Repealed. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.614 - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

Section 168.614a - List of Potential Presidential Candidates; Issuance; Filing; Notice.

Section 168.615 - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

Section 168.615a - Printing Name of Presidential Candidate on Ballot; Filing Affidavit; Filing Nominating Petition; Signatures; Conformity; Rotation of Names on Ballot; Space to Vote Uncommitted.

Section 168.615c - Selection of Political Party Ballot by Elector; Separate Record; Disclosure; Record Retention.

Section 168.616 - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

Section 168.616a - Canvass of Returns; Certification of Results; Release of Ballots, Ballot Boxes, Voting Machines, and Equipment.

Section 168.617 - Repealed. 1975, Act 325, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1976.

Section 168.618 - Allocation of Delegates to National Convention; Qualifications of Delegates; Selection Procedures.

Section 168.619 - National Convention Delegates; Basis of Election; Affidavit; Certification; Duration of Commitment; Vacancy; Legislator Prohibited From Selecting Delegates; Participation of Legislator in Convention Business; Opportunity of Register...

Section 168.620 - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

Section 168.620a - Law Applicable to Selection of Delegates; State or National Political Party Rule.