Act No. 43

Public Acts of 2010

Approved by the Governor

March 31, 2010

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 31, 2010

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 2010

STATE OF MICHIGAN

95TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

Introduced by Senator Brown

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1094

AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 714 (MCL 168.714), as amended by 1990 PA 7.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 714. (1) The county clerk of each county, at the earliest possible time and at least 45 days before a regular election or special election in the county, shall cause to be delivered to the clerk of each township and city in the county the absent voter ballots for each precinct.

(2) The county clerk of each county shall cause to be delivered ballots, other than absent voter ballots, and election supplies to the clerk of each township and city in the county at least 10 days before any election or primary election.

(3) The county clerk shall take receipt from each township and city clerk for all ballots and supplies delivered to that clerk.

(4) Each city, township, and village clerk shall adhere to the deadlines provided in this section for elections in which the county does not print the ballots.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor