MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW
Act 116 of 1954
168.744 Prohibited acts; violation as misdemeanor.
Sec. 744.
(1) An election inspector or any other person in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is located shall not persuade or endeavor to persuade a person to vote for or against any particular candidate or party ticket or for or against any ballot question that is being voted on at the election. A person shall not place or distribute stickers, other than stickers provided by the election officials pursuant to law, in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is located.
(2) A person shall not solicit donations, gifts, contributions, purchase of tickets, or similar demands, or request or obtain signatures on petitions in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is located.
(3) On election day, a person shall not post, display, or distribute in a polling place, in any hallway used by voters to enter or exit a polling place, or within 100 feet of an entrance to a building in which a polling place is located any material that directly or indirectly makes reference to an election, a candidate, or a ballot question. Except as otherwise provided in section 744a, this subsection does not apply to official material that is required by law to be posted, displayed, or distributed in a polling place on election day.
(4) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 156, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2012
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Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 25 v. Land, 583 F. Supp. 2d 840 (E.D. Mich. 2008).
· cites it 20× “Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 168.744 . The directive challenged in this lawsuit, however, only informs Election Inspectors that they “have the right to ask voters entering the polls to remove campaign buttons or cover up clothing bearing a campaign slogan or a candidate’s name.”
Am. Fed. of State, Cnty. & Mun. v. Land, 583 F. Supp. 2d 840 (E.D. Mich. 2008).
· cites it 19× “Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that Defendants' directive violates state and federal law, specifically Michigan Compiled Law section 168.744, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971 and 1973, and the First, Fifth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.”
Philip M O'Halloran Md v. Sec'y of State (Mich. 2024).
“742],” “[c]ampaigning being performed by an election inspector or other person in violation of [MCL 168.744],” and “[a] violation of election law or other prescribed election procedure.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.744(1) — 2 cases
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 25 v. Land, 583 F. Supp. 2d 840 (E.D. Mich. 2008).
“Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 168.744 . The directive challenged in this lawsuit, however, only informs Election Inspectors that they “have the right to ask voters entering the polls to remove campaign buttons or cover up clothing bearing a campaign slogan or a candidate’s name.”
Am. Fed. of State, Cnty. & Mun. v. Land, 583 F. Supp. 2d 840 (E.D. Mich. 2008).
“Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that Defendants' directive violates state and federal law, specifically Michigan Compiled Law section 168.744, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971 and 1973, and the First, Fifth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.744(3) — 2 cases
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 25 v. Land, 583 F. Supp. 2d 840 (E.D. Mich. 2008).
“Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 168.744 . The directive challenged in this lawsuit, however, only informs Election Inspectors that they “have the right to ask voters entering the polls to remove campaign buttons or cover up clothing bearing a campaign slogan or a candidate’s name.”
Am. Fed. of State, Cnty. & Mun. v. Land, 583 F. Supp. 2d 840 (E.D. Mich. 2008).
“Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that Defendants' directive violates state and federal law, specifically Michigan Compiled Law section 168.744, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971 and 1973, and the First, Fifth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.744(4) — 2 cases
Am. Fed'n of State, Cnty. & Mun. Employees, Council 25 v. Land, 583 F. Supp. 2d 840 (E.D. Mich. 2008).
“Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 168.744 . The directive challenged in this lawsuit, however, only informs Election Inspectors that they “have the right to ask voters entering the polls to remove campaign buttons or cover up clothing bearing a campaign slogan or a candidate’s name.”
Am. Fed. of State, Cnty. & Mun. v. Land, 583 F. Supp. 2d 840 (E.D. Mich. 2008).
“Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that Defendants' directive violates state and federal law, specifically Michigan Compiled Law section 168.744, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1971 and 1973, and the First, Fifth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.”
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