Section 168.866 - Recount petition; filing; deadline; filing or transmission of copy. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954

168.866 Recount petition; filing; deadline; filing or transmission of copy.

Sec. 866.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), recount petitions, either for an office or proposition, other than those filed with the board of state canvassers, shall be filed with the clerk of the board of canvassers, which board originally conducted the canvass.

(2) For a school district election, recount petitions, either for an office or proposition, shall be filed with the clerk of the board of canvassers, which board certified the result of the school district election.

(3) Recount petitions shall be filed within 6 days after the original canvass has been completed by the county, city, township, village, or district board of canvassers. A copy of the recount petition shall also be filed with the secretary of state within 2 days after the time the original recount petition is filed with the board of county canvassers as provided in this section. If the office or proposition in question is a city, ward, township, village, or district office or proposition, a copy of the recount petition shall not be filed with the secretary of state, but a copy shall be transmitted within 24 hours to the clerk of the board of county canvassers by the appropriate local clerk if the recount fee has been paid.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 38, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 2010
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