Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.746 (2026)

Ballot of challenged voter; endorsement concealed, identification prohibited.

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MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW

Act 116 of 1954

168.746 Ballot of challenged voter; endorsement concealed, identification prohibited.

Sec. 746.

To prevent the identification of said ballot, except as hereinafter provided for in case of a contested election, the inspectors of election shall cause to be securely attached to said ballot, with mucilage or other adhesive substance, a slip or piece of blank paper of the same color and appearance, as nearly as may be, as the paper of the ballot, in such manner as to cover and wholly conceal said endorsement but not to injure or deface the same; and if any inspector or other officer of an election shall afterward expose said endorsement or remove the said slip of paper covering the same, or attempt to identify the ballot of any voter, or suffer the same to be done by any other person, he shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2007–2026 · leading case: In Re Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutionality of 2005 Pa 71, 740 N.W.2d 444 (Mich. 2007).

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In Re Request for Advisory Opinion Regarding Constitutionality of 2005 Pa 71, 740 N.W.2d 444 (Mich. 2007). · cites it 2× “" The ballot cast by a challenged voter is marked (and the mark subsequently concealed) with a number corresponding to the voter's poll list number, and is counted as a regular ballot.”

Promote the Vote v. Sec'y of State (Mich. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 5× “745 and MCL 168.746, a challenged ballot. MCL 168.”

Philip M O'Halloran Md v. Sec'y of State (Mich. 2024). “745] and [MCL 168.746] a ballot voted by the challenged individual, if any.”

Muhith Mahmood v. City of Hamtramck (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). “[MCL 168.746.] In case of a contested election, on the trial thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall be competent for either party to the cause to have produced in court the ballot boxes, ballots and poll books used at the election out of which the cause has…”

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