2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 168 - MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW
Act 116 of 1954 - MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (168.1 - 168.992)
116-1954-XXIII - CHAPTER XXIII REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS (168.491...168.530)
Section 168.521 - Illegal or fraudulent registration; removal of names, notice; reinstatement; review by mandamus; challenge.

Sec. 521.

Whenever any township, city or village clerk shall determine that any name has been illegally or fraudulently entered upon the registration records of any precinct in his township, city or village, he shall remove such name from the registration records and shall notify the person whose name is removed of such removal by registered or certified mail directed to him at the address given on the registration records, and any person representing himself to be the person whose name is so removed shall not be permitted to vote unless he shall show to such clerk that his name was wrongfully removed from the registration records, in which case his name shall be reinstated: Provided, however, That any person aggrieved by such action of any such clerk may review such action and seek the reinstatement of his name by mandamus and the proceedings and judgment of the court in such case shall be subject to review in the supreme court, or if such clerk has good reason to believe that any name has been illegally or fraudulently entered upon said registration records and he shall not remove such name as herein provided, he shall write the word “challenged” upon the registration card of such person and shall lay before the prosecuting attorney of the county all the facts touching such registration. If any person whose registration card has been so marked shall offer to vote at any election, the inspectors of election shall at such time examine him under oath as to his qualifications as an elector in such ward or precinct, the same in all respects and with like effect as though he had been challenged at the election by a challenger thereof.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Apr. 26, 1956
Popular Name: Election Code