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Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.690 (2026)

Official ballots; delivery to township or city clerks; duties.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW


Act 116 of 1954


168.690 Official ballots; delivery to township or city clerks; duties.

Sec. 690.

    The township or city board of election commissioners for each jurisdiction conducting the election shall have the ballots required for a regular or special township, village, city, school, or community college election, or official primary election for the nomination of candidates for township, city, ward, or community college offices, to be printed and delivered to the election commission's township or city clerk at least 45 days before the election. The duties imposed upon county boards of election commissioners and upon county, township, and city clerks relative to the printing, counting, packaging, sealing, and delivery of official ballots are imposed upon the township and municipal boards of election commissioners and the township or city clerks relative to the printing, counting, packaging, sealing, and delivery of official ballots for use in each precinct of the township or city at a municipal, township, village, school, or community college election.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1974–2024 · leading case: Barrow v. City of Detroit Election Comm'n, 305 Mich. App. 649 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).
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Barrow v. City of Detroit Election Comm'n, 305 Mich. App. 649 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “323 (stating the primary results shall be “certified to the board of city election commissioners, who shall prepare and furnish ballots for the ensuing election”); MCL 168.690 (providing that a city board of election commissioners shall have the ballots printed and delivered to…”
Kennedy v. Benson (E.D. Mich. 2024). · cites it 2× “107] citing Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.690 . General election ballots are required to be distributed six days after the date of this order.”
Roseville Bd. of Election Commissioners v. Roseville City Clerk, 220 N.W.2d 181 (Mich. Ct. App. 1974). “See MCLA 168.690; MSA 6.1690, see also MCLA 168.”
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