Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-XXVIII-VOTING-MACHINES - Voting Machines (168.770...168.799a)
Section 168.795b - Printing or Displaying Ballot Labels, Questions, Office Titles, and Names of Candidates; Columns, Pages, and Directional Signs; Ballot Stub.

Sec. 795b.
(1) Ballot labels shall be printed or displayed in plain, clear, black type on white surface. Questions may be printed or displayed on red tinted surface and the names of candidates for nonpartisan offices on blue tinted surface. County questions may be printed or displayed on green tinted surface and local questions may be printed or displayed on buff surface. In a primary election to identify each political party, the titles of offices and the names of candidates may be arranged in vertical columns or in a series of separate pages or displays. The office title with a statement of the number of candidates to be voted for shall be printed or displayed above or at the side of the names of the candidates for that office. The offices and candidates shall be printed or displayed in the order provided by law, or if no such provision is made, in the order prescribed by the board of election commissioners of the county, city, village, township, or school district. If there are more candidates for an office than can be printed or displayed in 1 column or on 1 page or display, the ballot label shall be clearly marked that the list of candidates is continued on the following column, page, or display, and so far as possible, the same number of names shall be printed or displayed on each column, page, or display. Arrows or other directional signs may be used to indicate the place to vote for each candidate or question.
(2) Ballots that are processed through electronic tabulating equipment after the elector has voted shall have an attached, numbered, perforated stub.
History: Add. 1967, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990 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-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)

116-1954-XXVIII-VOTING-MACHINES - Voting Machines (168.770...168.799a)

Section 168.770 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.770a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.771 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.771a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.772 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.773 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.774 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.775 - Repealed. 2017, Act 113, Eff. Oct. 25, 2017.

Section 168.776 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.777 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.778 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.779 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.780 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.

Section 168.781 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.782 - Repealed. 1966, Act 62, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1966.

Section 168.782a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.782b - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.783 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.784 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.785 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.786 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.787 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.788 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.789 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.790 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.791 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.791a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.792 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.792a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.792b - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

Section 168.793 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.794 - Definitions Used in MCL 168.794 to 168.799a.

Section 168.794a - Electronic Voting System; Authorization; Acquisition; Abandonment; Use; Accuracy Test; Applicability of Subsections (1) and (2).

Section 168.794b - Electronic Voting System; Manner of Payment.

Section 168.794c - Applicability and Construction of Provisions; Rules.

Section 168.795 - Electronic Voting System; Requirements; Method for Rendering Electronic Tabulating Equipment Inoperable; Equipping Each Polling Place With Accessible Voting Device.

Section 168.795a - Electronic Voting System; Approval by Board of State Canvassers; Conditions; Approval of Improvement or Change; Inapplicability of Subsection (1); Intent to Purchase Statement; Instruction in Operation and Use; Disapproval.

Section 168.795b - Printing or Displaying Ballot Labels, Questions, Office Titles, and Names of Candidates; Columns, Pages, and Directional Signs; Ballot Stub.

Section 168.795c - Indicating Different Parts of Ballot on Ballot Label; Placement of Parts; 2 or More Elections on Same Day; Partisan Elections; Straight Party Ticket Vote Prohibited; Appropriation.

Section 168.796 - Sample Ballots.

Section 168.796a - Electronic Voting System; Preparation for Election; Equipment and Supplies; Voting Stations.

Section 168.796b - Repealed. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990.

Section 168.797 - Inspectors of Election; Duties; Certification of Equipment Operation.

Section 168.797a - Instruction in Method of Voting on Electronic Voting System; Use of Ballot Processed Through Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Procedure; Detached Stub; Spoiled Ballot; Processing of Challenged Voter Ballot; Removal of Ballot.

Section 168.797b - Rules.

Section 168.797c - Computer Program; Disposition and Use of Source Code.

Section 168.798 - Testing of Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Notice; Method; Sealing Programs, Test Materials, and Ballots; Rules; Sealing Memory Device.

Section 168.798a - Separate Counting Center; Direction and Conduct of Proceedings; Method.

Section 168.798b - Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Unofficial and Official Returns; Manual Count.

Section 168.798c - Casting Absentee Votes on Paper Ballots or Ballot Cards; Count; Recording; Voting and Processing Absent Voters' Ballots; Inspection of Rejected Ballot.

Section 168.799 - Injuring, Altering, or Defacing Voting Device, Ballot, or Other Equipment; Interference With Correct Operation of Equipment; Enforcement; Examination.

Section 168.799a - Recounting Punched, Marked, or Stamped Ballot; Procedure; Stray Marks; Releasing Sealed Materials.