MCL - Index of 116-1954-XXXIII
NOTE: Dates reflect any modification to item, not necessarily a change in law.
| Title | Subject |
|---|---|
| 116-1954-XXXIII | CHAPTER XXXIII RECOUNTS (168.861...168.894) |
| 116-1954-XXXIII-COUNTY-CITY-TOWNSHIP-AND-VILLAGE-BOARDS-OF-CANVASSERS | COUNTY, CITY, TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE BOARDS OF CANVASSERS (168.861...168.877) |
| Section 168.861 | Postcertification recounts; administrative process; denial of petitions for investigation or audit; liberal construction of chapter; "precinct" defined. |
| Section 168.861a | Proceedings intended to restrain, enjoin, modify, control, reverse, or otherwise interfere with board of county canvassers; by mandamus only. |
| Section 168.862 | Error in canvass or returns of votes; recount petition by candidate; good-faith belief in winning. |
| Section 168.863 | Error as to ballot question; recount petition by ballot question committee or elector; good faith winning. |
| Section 168.864 | Repealed. 1996, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996. |
| Section 168.865 | Recount petitions; forms. |
| Section 168.866 | Recount petition; filing; deadline. |
| Section 168.867 | Recount petition; filing; deposit; adjustment of deposit; refund; disposition of sum deposited. |
| Section 168.868 | Recount petition; notice to opposing candidates or ballot question committees; counter petition; objections to recount petition; meeting; ruling; failure to give notice to opposing candidate or ballot question committee; withdrawal of recount petition. |
| Section 168.869 | Commencement of recount; delay; expenses of local recount. |
| Section 168.870 | Delivery of ballots, ballot containers, and other election materials to board of county canvassers; subpoena; failure to produce; violation as misdemeanor; compensation for fees and mileage. |
| Section 168.871 | Recount; eligibility requirements; procedures for conduct of recount; use of electronic voting system; testing software application; eligible documents. |
| Section 168.871a | Repealed. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025. |
| Section 168.872 | Board of canvassers; fraud or violation of law suspected; referral for investigation to prosecuting attorney or attorney general. |
| Section 168.873 | Recount; willful interference; felony. |
| Section 168.874 | Recount; return of ballots; manner of counting votes. |
| Section 168.875 | Recount; completion; deadline; exception; return of ballots and election materials. |
| Section 168.876 | Recount; returns by board of canvassers, withdrawal of petition; final report made public. |
| Section 168.877 | Repealed. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025. |
| 116-1954-XXXIII-STATE-CANVASSERS | STATE CANVASSERS (168.878...168.894) |
| Section 168.878 | Certification of election results; recount by board of state canvassers; action against board of state canvassers by mandamus; promulgation of rules. |
| Section 168.879 | Candidate petition for recount; requirements; good-faith belief in winning; petition by state political party chairperson; report; authority of legislature. |
| Section 168.879a | Section 168.879 inapplicable to presidential primary election. |
| Section 168.880 | Ballot question committee petition for recount; deadline, form. |
| Section 168.880a | Recount of votes; grounds; notice to candidates or ballot question committees; exception; written statement by losing candidate or ballot question committee. |
| Section 168.881 | Recount petition; filing; deposit; adjustment of deposit; refund; disposition of sum deposited. |
| Section 168.882 | Notice of recount petition; filing counter petition; refund of deposit money; filing objections to recount petition; notice; meeting; ruling; failure to give notice; withdrawal of recount petition. |
| Section 168.883 | Recount petition; notice to county clerk; preservation of ballots; investigation and recount by state canvassers. |
| Section 168.883a | Recount vote challenges; appeal; petition for de novo review; notice; meeting. |
| Section 168.884 | Boards of canvassers; clerks and assistants for conduct of recount. |
| Section 168.885, 168.886 | Repealed. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025. |
| Section 168.887 | Recount; willful interference; felony. |
| Section 168.888 | Board of state canvassers; return of ballots and election materials; concurrent recount. |
| Section 168.889 | Recounts by boards of county canvassers; authority of board of state canvassers; time and place, rules and regulations for recounts. |
| Section 168.890 | Board of state canvassers; authority of members as to supervision of recounts conducted by a board of county canvassers. |
| Section 168.891 | Repealed. 2024, Act 74, Eff. Apr. 2, 2025. |
| Section 168.892 | Board of county canvassers; return of recount to board of state canvassers; certification of results; final report; public. |
| Section 168.893 | Discontinuance of recount; original return deemed correct. |
| Section 168.894 | Recounts in counties; expenses, payment. |