Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-XXVIII-VOTING-MACHINES - Voting Machines (168.770...168.799a)
Section 168.796a - Electronic Voting System; Preparation for Election; Equipment and Supplies; Voting Stations.

Sec. 796a.
(1) Before an election at which an electronic voting system is used, the board of election commissioners of the county, city, village, township, or school district shall have the system prepared for the election. The board shall provide the election board of each voting precinct with the necessary equipment and supplies.
(2) Before an election, the board of election commissioners of a county, city, village, township, or school district shall provide a sufficient number of voting stations needed to ensure the orderly conduct of the election taking into consideration the projected turnout, the length of the ballot, and the number of voters the voting system can process per hour as determined under section 795a. As a minimum for each election, the board of election commissioners shall provide at least 1 voting station for each 400 registered voters in each precinct through August 31, 1998 and at least 1 voting station for each 300 registered voters on and after September 1, 1998. If counting centers are used, the board of election commissioners of the county, city, village, township, or school district shall establish 1 or more counting centers as needed before the election.
History: Add. 1967, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967 ;-- Am. 1987, Act 21, Imd. Eff. Apr. 24, 1987 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 215, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1998 Popular Name: Election Code

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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-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Section 168.770 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff.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Section 168.770a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff.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Section 168.771 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff.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Section 168.771a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff.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Section 168.772 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff.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Section 168.773 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff.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Section 168.774 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff.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Section 168.775 - Repealed. 2017, Act 113, Eff.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.