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
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)
Section 168.684 - Repealed. 2017, Act 113, Eff. Oct. 25, 2017.
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 168.694 - Applicability of Certain Sections.
Section 168.695 - Ineligibility of Candidate at Subsequent Election.
Section 168.697 - General November Election; Order of Placing Offices on Ballot.
Section 168.700 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex.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Section 168.701 - Repealed. 1963, 2nd Ex.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 168.712 - Ballots; Omissions or Mistakes; Reprinting.
Section 168.713 - Delivery of Ballots and Supplies to County Clerk.
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.