2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 168 - MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW
Act 116 of 1954 - MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (168.1 - 168.992)
116-1954-II. - CHAPTER II. BOARDS OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS, BOARDS OF CANVASSERS, AND CLERKS (168.21...168.30g)
Section 168.30b - Board of city or township canvassers; members, eligibility, affidavit; holding other office prohibited.

Sec. 30b.

Members of the board shall be qualified and registered electors of the city or township in which they serve. No person shall be appointed to a board of canvassers unless such person shall have filed with the city or township clerk an affidavit on a form approved by the state bureau of elections containing at least the following information: name, home address, political party affiliation, date of birth, employment and statement of physical disability, if any. The city or township clerk shall notify the county clerk of the name, address and political affiliation of board members, and the county clerk shall maintain such record for public inspection. A member of the board of canvassers vacates his office if at any time during his term of office he or any member of his immediate family serves as an election inspector or becomes a candidate for any elective public office at an election to be canvassed by his board of canvassers or serves as a member of the governing body of the unit for which his board is established.

History: Add. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 65, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 65, Eff. July 1, 1968
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