Michigan Laws 397.190 – Conduct of election for board members or districtwide tax
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 397.190
- Board: means a district library board. See Michigan Laws 397.172
- District: means the territory of the participating municipalities that is served by a district library established under this act. See Michigan Laws 397.172
- Municipality: means a city, village, school district, township, or county. See Michigan Laws 397.172
- Participating: means , in reference to a municipality, that the municipality is a party to an agreement. See Michigan Laws 397.172
- School district: means 1 of the following but does not include a primary school district or a school district that holds meetings rather than elections:
(i) "Local act school district" as defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 397.172
If 1 or more participating municipalities are school districts, the election for board members or a districtwide tax shall be conducted as follows:
(a) The school district election coordinator otherwise authorized by law to conduct elections in a participating school district shall conduct the election in that school district.
(b) If all or a portion of the participating municipality is located within a nonparticipating school district that is holding an election on the same day as the election for board members or a districtwide tax, the school district election coordinator authorized by law to conduct elections in the nonparticipating school district shall conduct the election for board members or a districtwide tax in the participating municipality or that portion of the participating municipality located within the nonparticipating school district. The qualified and registered electors of the participating municipality that reside within the nonparticipating school district shall vote in the election for board members or a districtwide tax by special ballot at their regular polling places in the election in the nonparticipating school district. Those qualified and registered electors shall be identified from the registration records of the nonparticipating school district or from a list of the names, addresses, and birth dates of qualified and registered electors of the participating municipality who reside in the nonparticipating school district and are eligible to vote in elections for board members or a districtwide tax. The list shall be supplied and updated by the clerk of the participating municipality at the request of the school district election coordinator or other official authorized by law to conduct the election.
(c) If all or a portion of a participating municipality is located within a nonparticipating school district that is not holding an election on the same day as the election for board members or a districtwide tax, the school district election coordinator authorized by law to conduct elections in the participating municipality shall conduct the election for board members or a districtwide tax in the participating municipality or that portion of the participating municipality located within the nonparticipating school district.