MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW
Act 116 of 1954
168.491 Inspectors of election, primary election, or special election; vote of registered electors.
Sec. 491.
The inspectors of election at an election, primary election, or special election in this state shall not receive the vote of an individual whose name is not on the voter registration list generated from the qualified voter file for the precinct in which he or she offers to vote unless the individual meets the requirements of section 523a, or the individual registered to vote in person at the city or township clerk's office in the city or township in which he or she resides during the 14 days before the day of an election or on the day of an election and the individual presents a voter registration receipt to the inspectors of election.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 142, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1989 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 125, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 603, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2018
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Bay Cnty. Democratic Party v. Land, 347 F. Supp. 2d 404 (E.D. Mich. 2004).
· cites it 2× “For instance, Michigan Complied Laws Section 168.491 states that, except where a person has changed residences within sixty days of an election, a local election official “shall not receive the vote of a person whose name is not registered in the registration book or listed on…”
Michigan State UAW Cmty. Action Prog. Council v. Sec'y of State, 198 N.W.2d 385 (Mich. 1972).
· cites it 2× “There is no pretense that any citizen of Michigan, being eligible by Constitution and statute, may not for Michigan's upcoming primary and general elections register or reregister himself during the next few months, by any choice of the ways that are provided by chapter 23 of…”
Renne v. Oxford Twp., 146 N.W.2d 819 (Mich. Ct. App. 1967).
“The resolution authorizing the vote does not conform to the prayer of the petitions nor does it specify the persons entitled to vote, in violation of CLS 1961, § 168.491 (Stat Ann 1956 Rev § 6.1491). What this proposition has to do with the sufficiency of petitions is beyond us,…”
Promote the Vote v. Sec'y of State (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
“See MCL 168.491; MCL 168.492. Because an individual may only vote in the township where he or she resides, the individual’s residence dictates which candidates and proposals the individual can vote for.”
Philip M O'Halloran Md v. Sec'y of State (Mich. 2024).
“llot if the inspector knows or has good reason to suspect that the applicant is not a qualified and registered elector in the precinct” and that a registered elector of the precinct “present in the polling place may challenge the right of anyone attempting to vote if the elector…”
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