Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-XXX - Chapter XXX the County Canvass (168.821...168.839)
Section 168.826 - Determination and Declaration of Election Results; Preparation, Delivery, and Filing of Certificate of Determination; Publication of Statement of Votes; Certified Certificate of Election.

Sec. 826.
(1) The board of county canvassers shall determine and declare the result of the election for county and local officers, and for all county and local ballot questions. If a state senatorial or representative district is located solely within 1 county, the board of county canvassers shall determine and declare the result of the election for that office. Upon making the determination under this subsection, the board of county canvassers shall prepare a certificate of determination and deliver the properly certified certificate of determination to the county clerk. If the determination relates to a state senatorial or representative district located solely within 1 county, the board of county canvassers shall also deliver the properly certified certificate of determination to the board of state canvassers.
(2) Upon receipt of a properly certified certificate of determination from a board of county canvassers under subsection (1), the county clerk shall file the certificate in his or her office. The county clerk may have a statement of the total county or district votes cast for the various candidates and the total vote cast for and against the various ballot questions at the election to be published in at least 1 newspaper printed or circulated in that county. The county clerk shall immediately execute and deliver to the persons declared elected, a properly certified certificate of election.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 192, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 65, Eff. July 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 162, Eff. Mar. 31, 1986 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 217, Eff. Mar. 10, 2000 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 119, Imd. Eff. July 29, 2003 ;-- Am. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013 Compiler's Notes: Section 3 of Act 65 of 1968 provides: “This act shall take effect on July 1, 1968, except in any county with a population of 400,000 or more it shall take effect on July 1, 1970.”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-XXX - Chapter XXX the County Canvass (168.821...168.839)

Section 168.821 - Meeting of Board of County Canvassers; Place; Time.

Section 168.822 - Board of County Canvassers; Canvass of Returns, Conclusion; Failure to Certify Election Results.

Section 168.823 - Board of County Canvassers; Power to Summon and Open Ballot Boxes; Correction of Errors; Summoning of Election Inspectors; Designation of Staff to Count Ballots and Make Corrections.

Section 168.824 - Board of County Canvassers; Statement of Votes; Preparation; Seal.

Section 168.824a - Board of County Canvassers; Disclosure of Out-of-Balance Precincts.

Section 168.825 - Statements of Votes; Contents, Certification, Filing.

Section 168.826 - Determination and Declaration of Election Results; Preparation, Delivery, and Filing of Certificate of Determination; Publication of Statement of Votes; Certified Certificate of Election.

Section 168.827 - Certificate of Determination to Secretary of State.

Section 168.828 - Statements of Votes; Certified Copy to Secretary of State.

Section 168.829 - County Provisional Ballot Report; County Affidavit Report; Voter Registration Application Report.

Section 168.830 - County Clerk; Compensation.

Section 168.831 - Defect or Mechanical Malfunction in Election Equipment or Material; Inability of Elector to Cast Valid Vote; Petition for Special Election.

Section 168.832 - Defect or Mechanical Malfunction Described in MCL 168.831; Aggrieved Candidate or Elector; Filing Petition for Special Election.

Section 168.833 - Petition for Special Election; Requirements.

Section 168.834 - Repealed. 1990, Act 95, Imd. Eff. June 6, 1990.

Section 168.835 - Petition for Special Election; Qualification; Meeting of Board of Canvassers; Notice of Time and Place.

Section 168.836 - Ordering Special Election in Precinct Affected by Defect or Mechanical Malfunction; Conditions; Effect of Votes in Excess of Electors.

Section 168.837 - Special Election to Be Conducted by Mail; Sending Ballot to Each Elector; Time Limitation; Request From Board of Canvassers; Time for Returning Ballot.

Section 168.838 - Counting and Reporting Ballots; Manner; Count to Include Number of Votes Cast by Absent Voters.

Section 168.839 - Candidate Not Required to Petition for Recount; Special Election Not Subject to Recount.