Act No. 51

Public Acts of 2010

Approved by the Governor

April 22, 2010

Filed with the Secretary of State

April 22, 2010

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 22, 2010

STATE OF MICHIGAN

95TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2010

Introduced by Reps. Haase, Angerer, Barnett, Bauer, Bledsoe, Lisa Brown, Terry Brown, Byrnes, Byrum, Calley, Clemente, Constan, Durhal, Geiss, Gonzales, Gregory, Griffin, Haugh, Huckleberry, Jackson, Johnson, Rick Jones, Robert Jones, LeBlanc, Leland, Lipton, Liss, Lori, Marleau, Melton, Nathan, Pearce, Polidori, Roberts, Roy Schmidt, Schuitmaker, Bettie Scott, Scripps, Segal, Sheltrown, Slavens, Slezak, Spade, Stanley, Switalski, Tyler, Valentine and Warren

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5530

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 713 (MCL 168.713), as amended by 1990 PA 7.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 713. The county board of election commissioners shall cause the ballots required for any regular or special election or official primary election in the county, wrapped and tied as required by this act, to be delivered to the county clerk at the earliest possible time after the approval of the proof of the ballots, and absent voter ballots shall be delivered to the county clerk at least 47 days before any election or primary election. All other ballots and election supplies shall be delivered to the county clerk at least 12 days before any election or primary election.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor