Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.522 (2026)

Making, certifying, and delivering computer tape, disk, or listing of names and addresses of registered electors; year, month, and day of birth of elector; information exempt from disclosure.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW

Act 116 of 1954

168.522 Making, certifying, and delivering computer tape, disk, or listing of names and addresses of registered electors; year, month, and day of birth of elector; information exempt from disclosure.

Sec. 522.

(1) A clerk of a city, township, or village who maintains a computerized file of registered voters and who does not have direct access to the qualified voter files shall make, certify, and deliver to any person, upon request, a computer tape, disk, or listing, as specified by the person, of the names and addresses of the registered electors of the city, township, village, school district, ward, or precinct upon the payment to the clerk of the cost of making, certifying, and delivering the tape, disk, or listing.

(2) A computer tape, disk, or listing provided under subsection (1) shall include, upon request, the year of birth of an elector but shall not include the month and day of birth of an elector. A computer tape, disk, or listing provided under subsection (1) shall not include a person's driver's license or state personal identification card number or any other information that is exempt from disclosure under section 509gg or other section of this chapter.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 168, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 142, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1989 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 583, Eff. Mar. 31, 1997

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1965–2020 · leading case: Tobin v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 331 N.W.2d 184 (Mich. 1982).

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Tobin v. Civil Serv. Comm'n, 331 N.W.2d 184 (Mich. 1982). “Names, addresses, ages, and other information required by the Director of Public Health in an application for a marriage license are matters of record.”

Kestenbaum v. Michigan State Univ., 327 N.W.2d 783 (Mich. 1982). “1516, MCL 168.522; MSA 6.1522. It is hard to take seriously the assertion that the advent of the modern computer era poses a significant threat to the secrecy of one’s name and address.”

Deleeuw v. Bd. of State Canvassers, 688 N.W.2d 847 (Mich. Ct. App. 2004). “590, and the provisions of MCL 168.522 are made applicable to qualifying petitions by MCL 168.”

Grebner v. Clinton Charter Twp., 550 N.W.2d 265 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). “Section 522(1) of the Michigan Election Law, MCL 168.522(1); MSA 6.1522(1), states that [a] county clerk who has a computerized file of registered voters in the county shall make, certify, and deliver to any person a computer tape, disk, or listing, as specified by the person,…”

Lavan v. Rettinger, 137 N.W.2d 778 (Mich. Ct. App. 1965). “5 CLS 1961, § 168.522 (Stat Ann 1963 Cum Supp § 6.1522).”

Jud. Watch, Inc. v. Lamone (D. Maryland 2020). “21-A, § 196-A(1)(B)), Michigan ( Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.522 (2)(i)), Minnesota ( Minn.”

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