Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.713 (2026)

Delivery of ballots and supplies to county clerk.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW

Act 116 of 1954

168.713 Delivery of ballots and supplies to county clerk.

Sec. 713.

The county board of election commissioners shall cause the ballots required for any regular or special election or official primary election in the county, wrapped and tied as required by this act, to be delivered to the county clerk at the earliest possible time after the approval of the proof of the ballots, and absent voter ballots shall be delivered to the county clerk at least 47 days before any election or primary election. All other ballots and election supplies shall be delivered to the county clerk at least 12 days before any election or primary election.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 171, Imd. Eff. Apr. 16, 1956 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1990 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 51, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2010

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2021–2026 · leading case: Victoria Burton-Harris v. Wayne Cnty. Clerk (Mich. Ct. App. 2021).

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Victoria Burton-Harris v. Wayne Cnty. Clerk (Mich. Ct. App. 2021). “MCL 168.713; MCL 168.714. Davis’s motion to intervene was heard on June 15, 2020, the same day plaintiff’s emergency motion was scheduled for oral argument.”

Johnson v. Michigan Bd. of State Canvassers (E.D. Mich. 2022). “§ 168.713. By June 18, 2022—45 days before the primary— the county clerks must deliver absent voter ballots to the township and city clerks.”

Robert F Kennedy Jr v. Sec'y of State (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “See MCL 168.713; MCL 168.759a. Defendant contends that plaintiff engaged in unreasonable delay by waiting to withdraw for over four months after receiving the Natural Law Party’s nomination.”

Monroe Cnty. v. Mark Brant (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). “”); MCL 168.713 (“[A]bsent voter ballots shall be delivered to the county clerk at least 47 days before any election or primary election.”

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