Michigan Laws 168.810a – Security of election materials
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(1) Upon request of the county clerk, a member of the board of county canvassers, or the county chair of a major political party, a city or township clerk, as appropriate, shall provide for security as prescribed in this section of the ballots, ballot boxes, and other election material described in the request and used in a precinct on election day. The city or township clerk shall provide the required security until 1 p.m. on the day immediately following the election, unless additional security is required of the clerk by the board of county canvassers under subsection (3). Subject to this section, the city or township clerk shall retain possession of the ballots, ballot boxes, keys to the boxes, keys to voting machines, and other election materials as otherwise required by law, until otherwise directed by the board of county canvassers.
(2) Upon receipt of the election materials described in subsection (1), the clerk shall immediately place the described election materials in a secure location. The clerk shall ensure that he or she is the only person who has access to the election materials placed in the secure location. A major political party may designate individuals to monitor all access points to the secure location that contains the election material. The clerk shall provide space for an individual designated by the county chair of a major political party to monitor all access points to the secure location that contains the election materials until 1 p.m. on the day immediately following the election, unless additional security is required of the clerk by the board of county canvassers under subsection (3).
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 168.810a
- 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
- major political party: means each of the 2 political parties whose candidate for the office of secretary of state received the highest and second highest number of votes at the immediately preceding general election in which a secretary of state was elected. See Michigan Laws 168.16
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
(3) On and after 1 p.m. on the day immediately following the election, the county clerk, a member of the board of county canvassers, or the county chair of a major political party may petition the board of county canvassers for security as prescribed in this section of the ballots, ballot boxes, voting machines, and other election material described in the petition and used in a precinct on election day. If the board of county canvassers grants the petition for the additional security, the board of county canvassers shall prescribe the amount of security to be provided and the persons responsible for that security.