Act No. 226

Public Acts of 2023

Approved by the Governor

November 22, 2023

Filed with the Secretary of State

November 22, 2023

EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 22, 2023

state of michigan

102nd Legislature

Regular session of 2023

Introduced by Senator Moss

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 572

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 658 (MCL 168.658), as amended by 2023 PA 88.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 658. If a city, ward, township, or village is divided into 2 or more election precincts, pursuant to law, and it appears from an examination of the precinct registration records that there are not more than 4,999 active registered electors in the city, ward, township, or village, the election commission, or other officials charged with the performance of the duty by the charter of a city or village, by resolution, may abolish the division or divisions and after that time the city, ward, township, or village constitutes a single election precinct as if a division had not been made. A consolidation must not be made later than the 120 days before a primary or election.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor