Michigan Laws 168.301 – School district election; school district election coordinator; duties; delegation; precincts and polling place locations
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 168.301
- Absent voter: is a voter who utilizes the process described in section 759. See Michigan Laws 168.2
- Absent voter ballot: means a ballot that is issued to a voter through the absent voter process. See Michigan Laws 168.2
- Election: means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them. See Michigan Laws 168.2
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
- Regular election: means an election held on a regular election date to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, elective office in the regular course of the terms of that elective office. See Michigan Laws 168.3
- School board: means the governing body of a school district, including the board of trustees of a community college. See Michigan Laws 168.4
- School district: means a school district, a local act school district, or an intermediate school district, as those terms are defined in the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 168.4
- School district election coordinator: means 1 of the following:
(i) For a school district whose entire territory lies within a single city or township, the city or township clerk. See Michigan Laws 168.4Special election: means an election to elect an individual to, or nominate an individual for, a partial term in office or to submit a ballot question to the electors. See Michigan Laws 168.4
(1) Unless a particular power or duty of an election official or a particular election procedure is specifically governed by a provision of this chapter, a school district election is governed by the provisions of this act that generally govern elections.
(2) Except as provided in section 305, the school district election coordinator for a school district shall conduct each regular election and each special election that is requested by the school board to submit a ballot question or to fill a vacancy on the school board. In addition to receiving requests from the school board to hold special elections, the school district election coordinator shall do all of the following:
(a) Receive filing fees or nominating petitions and affidavits of identity from candidates for school board and petitions for special elections.
(b) Procure the necessary qualified voter file precinct lists.
(c) Certify candidates.
(d) Receive ballot proposal language.
(e) Issue absent voter ballots.
(3) A school district election coordinator who is a county clerk may delegate, if the city or township clerk agrees, all or a portion of the school district election coordinator’s duties to that city or township clerk. The school district election coordinator shall not delegate duties to any person not named in this section.
(4) A school district election coordinator who is a county clerk may delegate the following duties to the city or township clerk, who shall perform the following duties:
(a) Distribute, receive, and process absent voter ballot applications for a school election.
(b) Make voting systems available for the conduct of a school election.
(c) Make available to the school district election coordinator the list of election inspectors for that city or township.
(d) Notify school district electors of precinct and polling place location changes.
(5) If the county clerk is the school district election coordinator for a school district, the county election commission shall establish that school district’s election precincts and polling place locations in accordance with this act.