§ 168.385Metropolitan district election coordinator; duties

Sec. 385.
    (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.