Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-XXVIII-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)
Section 168.735 - Poll Book and Poll List; Contents.

Sec. 735.
(1) At each primary and election, election inspectors shall keep 1 poll book and 1 poll list. An election inspector shall enter in the poll book, in the order in which electors are given ballots, the name of each elector who is given a ballot and immediately after the name, on the same line, shall enter the number of the ballot given to the elector. For an absent voter ballot, when an election inspector removes the ballot from the sealed absent voter envelope, the election inspector shall enter in the poll book the name of the absent voter and the number of the ballot.
(2) If an elector is issued a provisional ballot, an election inspector shall enter a proper designation in the poll book, including whether the provisional ballot was tabulated in the precinct or was secured for verification after the election.
(3) At the completion of the precinct canvass, an election inspector shall record on the certificate provided in the poll book the number of each metal seal used to seal voting equipment and ballot containers. Each member of the board of election inspectors shall sign the certificate.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 35, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1965 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 92, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 2004 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-CONDUCT-OF-ELECTIONS-AND-MANNER-OF-VOTING - Conduct of Elections and Manner of Voting (168.720...168.750)

Section 168.720 - Polls; Times of Opening and Closing.

Section 168.721 - Polls; Opening and Closing Governed by Central Standard Time.

Section 168.722 - Polls; Announcement of Opening and Closing.

Section 168.723 - Ballot Boxes; Examination, Locking.

Section 168.724 - Ballots; Opening Packages; Distribution of Pencils; Unused Absent Voters' Ballots.

Section 168.725 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.

Section 168.726 - Ballots; Delivery to Elector.

Section 168.727 - Challenge; Duty of Election Inspector; Indiscriminate Challenge; Penalty.

Section 168.728 - Challenges; Disposition.

Section 168.729 - Challenges; Oath, Questions as to Qualifications; False Statements, Penalty.

Section 168.730 - Designation, Qualifications, and Number of Challengers.

Section 168.731 - Challengers; Statement of Appointment by Organization; Contents; Authorization; Appointment Without Authorization; Penalty.

Section 168.732 - Presence of Challenger in Room Containing Ballot Box; Evidence of Right to Be Present.

Section 168.733 - Challengers; Space in Polling Place; Rights; Space at Counting Board; Expulsion for Cause; Protection; Threat or Intimidation.

Section 168.734 - Challengers; Preventing Presence, Penalty.

Section 168.735 - Poll Book and Poll List; Contents.

Section 168.735a - Poll List and Poll Book; Exception for Program Participants in the Address Confidentiality Program Act.

Section 168.736 - Voting; Ballots, Delivery to Electors by Numbers; Assistance by Election Inspectors.

Section 168.736a - Minor Child in Booth or Compartment.

Section 168.736b - Secrecy Sleeve; Primary Election; Instructions.

Section 168.736c - Secrecy Sleeve; General Election; Instructions.

Section 168.736d - Secrecy Sleeve; Nonpartisan Election; Instructions.

Section 168.736e - Secrecy Sleeve; Special Election; Instructions.

Section 168.736f - Ballot Marking Instructions; Limitation.

Section 168.736g - Discontinued Use of Secrecy Sleeve Defaced, Marred, or Containing Other Mark.

Section 168.737 - Repealed. 2012, Act 128, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2012.

Section 168.737a - Write-in Vote; Declaration of Intent; Filing; Death or Disqualification of Candidate; Write-in Candidate for Precinct Delegate; Forms; Information.

Section 168.738 - Voting; Ballots; Folding; Deposit in Ballot Box; Rejection for Exposure.

Section 168.739 - Repealed. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.740 - Voting; Ballots, Spoiling.

Section 168.741 - Voting; Unused and Spoiled Ballots; Preservation.

Section 168.742 - Voting; Time for Voting Ballot.

Section 168.743 - Voting; Ballots; Return by Elector; Failure; Arrest.

Section 168.744 - Prohibited Acts; Violation as Misdemeanor.

Section 168.744a - Appearance of Name of Elected or Appointed Official in Polling Place or Room Prohibited; Violation; Fine.

Section 168.745 - Ballot of Challenged Voter; Endorsement, Rejection.

Section 168.746 - Ballot of Challenged Voter; Endorsement Concealed, Identification Prohibited.

Section 168.747 - Contested Election; Challenged Voters' Ballots, Identification in Court.

Section 168.748 - Contested Election; Petition to Determine Qualifications of Electors.

Section 168.749 - Contested Elections; Challenged Voters' Ballots, Removal of Slips Concealing Endorsements, Replacement.

Section 168.750 - Electors; Exemption From Civil Process.