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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 168.385

  • 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
  • Metropolitan district: means a district incorporated under the metropolitan district act, 1929 PA 312, MCL 119. See Michigan Laws 168.17
  • Metropolitan district election coordinator: means the county clerk of the county in which the largest number of registered electors of the metropolitan district reside. See Michigan Laws 168.17
  • 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
    (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 metropolitan district election is governed by the provisions of this act that generally govern elections.
    (2) The metropolitan district election coordinator shall conduct each regular election that is requested by the legislative body of a metropolitan district to submit a ballot question or to fill a position or vacancy on the legislative body of the metropolitan district. The metropolitan district election coordinator shall do all of the following:
    (a) Receive nominating petitions and affidavits of identity from candidates for officer to the legislative body of a metropolitan district and petitions for ballot questions.
    (b) Procure the necessary qualified voter file precinct lists.
    (c) Certify candidates.
    (d) Receive ballot proposal language.
    (e) Issue absent voter ballots.
    (3) A metropolitan district election coordinator may delegate, if the city or township clerk agrees, all or a portion of the metropolitan district election coordinator’s duties to that city or township clerk. The metropolitan district election coordinator shall not delegate duties to any person not named in this section.
    (4) A metropolitan district election coordinator 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 metropolitan district election.
    (b) Make voting systems available for the conduct of a metropolitan district election.
    (c) Make available to the metropolitan district election coordinator the list of election inspectors for that city or township.
    (d) Notify metropolitan district electors of precinct and polling place location changes.
    (5) The county election commission shall establish that metropolitan district’s election precincts and polling place locations in accordance with this act.