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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)
MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)Act 116 of 1954 VOTING MACHINES
- Section 168.770 - Voting machines authorized; contracts between governing bodies as to use.
- Section 168.770a - Voting device; authorization of use by secretary of state; petition; rules as to election procedures.
- Section 168.771 - Voting machines; purchase.
- Section 168.772 - Voting machines; construction and operation.
- Section 168.773 - Voting machines or uniform voting system; maintenance; custody.
- Section 168.774 - Voting machines; contracts for purchase, terms.
- Section 168.775 - Voting machines; ballot labels, printing, order of names; amendments or questions; vignettes; printed ballots.
- Section 168.776 - Voting machines; supplies and equipment; keys, delivery and return.
- Section 168.777 - Voting machines; model, instructions.
- Section 168.778 - Voting machines; control; clerk and assistants as officers of election; compensation; exception; number of assistants; preparation of machines; inspection; certification; lighting; delivery of machines; police protection; supervision of machines.
- Section 168.779 - Election inspectors; qualifications as to voting machines.
- Section 168.780 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.
- Section 168.781 - Election inspectors and poll clerks; opening of polls, examination of machine seals and counter, delivery of keys, other duties.
- Section 168.782 - Repealed. 1966, Act 62, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1966.
- Section 168.782a - Voting machines; voting for more write-in candidates than space on machine, procedure.
- Section 168.782b - Voting machines; use of emergency ballots when no reserve machine available.
- Section 168.783 - Voting machines; challenged voter, procedure.
- Section 168.784 - Voting machines; irregular ballots, unlawful use.
- Section 168.785 - Voting machines; location.
- Section 168.786 - Voting machines; voting; secrecy; time limit.
- Section 168.787 - Voting machines; keyboard concealed.
- Section 168.788 - Voting machines; locking.
- Section 168.789 - Voting machines; election inspectors, instructions to voter, assistance to incapacitated voter.
- Section 168.790 - Voting machines; defacing, altering or injuring machine or labels.
- Section 168.791 - Voting machines; sealing against voting; reading and announcement of vote; absent voters' ballots; legality; count and tally; completion of returns; availability; sealing and locking machine.
- Section 168.791a - Printer type voting machines; definition, operation.
- Section 168.792 - Voting machines; discrepancy in return; investigation, re-canvass procedure, petition.
- Section 168.792a - Absent voter counting boards.
- Section 168.792b - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.
- Section 168.793 - Voting machines; inspectors' statement forms.
- 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; voting split or mixed ticket.
- 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.
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