Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-XXVIII-PREPARATION-PRINTING-AND-DELIVERY-OF-OFFICIAL-BA - Preparation, Printing and Delivery of Official Ballots (168.684...168.719)
Section 168.715 - Absent Voters' and Other Ballots; Duties of Township and City Clerks, Delivery to Voting Precinct Boards of Election Inspectors.

Sec. 715.
It shall be the duty of county, city and township clerks to keep safeguarded all official ballots for absent voters' use. The said township or city clerk shall have the right to open the package or packages of absent voter ballots received by him for any precinct in his township or city, provided he shall receive application for absent voter ballots from any qualified elector of such precinct, but not otherwise. He shall in no case open any of the other packages of official ballots but shall keep them intact in some safe and secure place, and shall deliver them and other election supplies, together with the absent voter ballots remaining in his possession, to the chairman or some member of the board of inspectors of election of the proper precinct or precincts of his township or city, as the case may be, before 7 o'clock in the forenoon of the day of election. On delivery of said ballots to the chairman or some other member of the board of election, said clerk shall take a receipt therefor, which receipt he shall file in his office.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 Popular Name: Election Code

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law

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

116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)

116-1954-XXVIII-PREPARATION-PRINTING-AND-DELIVERY-OF-OFFICIAL-BA - Preparation, Printing and Delivery of Official Ballots (168.684...168.719)

Section 168.684 - Repealed. 2017, Act 113, Eff. Oct. 25, 2017.

Section 168.685 - Candidate of New Political Party; Printing Name on Ballot; Certificate; Petitions; Form; Circulation; Disqualification and Requalification of Party; "Principal Candidate of a Political Party" Defined; Party Subject to MCL 168.686a;...

Section 168.686 - State Convention; Canvass of Returns; Certification of Nominees; Presidential and Vice-Presidential Candidates.

Section 168.686a - Nomination by Caucus or Convention Where No Candidate Polls 5% of Vote Cast for Candidates for Secretary of State.

Section 168.686b - Nonmajor Political Party; Notice of County Caucus or State Convention.

Section 168.687 - Certification of Nominations by Board of Canvassers.

Section 168.688 - Certificates of Nomination; Delivery.

Section 168.689 - Official Ballots; Preparation, Printing.

Section 168.690 - Official Ballots; Delivery to Township or City Clerks; Duties.

Section 168.691 - Official Ballots; Names of Candidates; Identification Numeral; Compliance.

Section 168.692 - Nomination by More Than 1 Party; Choice; Nomination for More Than 1 Office.

Section 168.692a - Qualifying Petition Not to Be Filed by Certain Persons.

Section 168.693 - Nomination by More Than 1 Party or for More Than 1 Office; Failure to Make Choice; Procedure.

Section 168.694 - Applicability of Certain Sections.

Section 168.695 - Ineligibility of Candidate at Subsequent Election.

Section 168.696 - Printing Name of Candidate for Federal, State, District, County, and Township Offices on 1 Ballot; Placement; Filing Request for Clarifying Designation of Same or Similar Surnames; Notice of Determination; Appeal; Printing Occupatio...

Section 168.697 - General November Election; Order of Placing Offices on Ballot.

Section 168.698 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.

Section 168.699 - Nonpartisan Offices; Placement on Separate Portion of Ballot; Order of Listing Offices.

Section 168.700 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. sess., Act 56, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964.

Section 168.701 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex. sess., Act 56, Eff. Mar. 24, 1964.

Section 168.702 - Official Ballots; Placing of Name to Fill Vacancy.

Section 168.703 - Official Ballots; Position of Parties.

Section 168.703a - Repealed. 1988, Act 116, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1988.

Section 168.704 - Repealed. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.705 - Repealed. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.706 - Official Ballot; Arrangement; Basis.

Section 168.707 - Repealed. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012.

Section 168.708 - Proposed Constitutional Amendment or Question; Statement of Purpose, Publication.

Section 168.709 - Proposed Constitutional Amendment or Question; Statement of Purpose, Copies to Voting Precincts, Posting.

Section 168.710 - Proposed Constitutional Amendment or Question; Proof Copies of Ballots, Filing, Public Inspection.

Section 168.711 - Filing and Mailing Proof Copies of Ballots; Affidavit; Certification; Correction and Printing of Ballots; Forwarding Copy to Secretary of State.

Section 168.712 - Ballots; Omissions or Mistakes; Reprinting.

Section 168.713 - Delivery of Ballots and Supplies to County Clerk.

Section 168.714 - Delivery of Ballots and Supplies to Township and City Clerks; Receipt of Delivery; Deadlines.

Section 168.715 - Absent Voters' and Other Ballots; Duties of Township and City Clerks, Delivery to Voting Precinct Boards of Election Inspectors.

Section 168.716 - Absent Voters' and Other Ballots; Wrapping, Sealing.

Section 168.717 - Absent Voters' Ballots; Numbering, Packaging, Marking.

Section 168.717a - Repealed. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.718 - Official Ballots; Printer, Acts Prohibited; Instruction Ballots, Printing.

Section 168.719 - City and Township Election Commissions; Party Committees; Duties; Proof of Ballot; Public Inspection.