§ 168.498Clerk of township or city; office hours, days, and place for receiving applications

for registration; public notice; agreement to jointly publish public notice.
 Sec. 498.
    (1) In a township or city in which the clerk does not maintain regular daily office hours, the
 township board or the legislative body of the city may require that the clerk of the township or
 city shall be at the clerk's office or other designated place for the purpose of receiving
 applications for registration on the days that the board or legislative body designates.
    (2) The clerk of each township or city shall give public notice of the days and hours that the
 clerk will be at the clerk's office or other designated place for the purpose of receiving
 registrations before an election or primary election by publication of the notice in a newspaper
 published or of general circulation in the township or city and, if considered advisable by the
 township or city clerk, by posting written or printed notices in at least 2 of the most
 conspicuous places in each election precinct. The publication or posting must be made not less
 than 30 days before election day. The notice of registration must include the offices to be filled
 that will appear on the ballot. If the notice of registration is for an election that includes a
 ballot proposal, a caption or brief description of the ballot proposal along with the location
 where an elector can obtain the full text of the ballot proposal must be stated in the notice.
    (3) A county clerk may enter into an agreement with the clerk of 1 or more townships or
 cities in the county or the clerks of 1 or more cities or townships in a county may enter into an
 agreement to jointly publish the notice required in subsection (2). The notice must be
 published in a newspaper of general circulation in the cities and townships listed in the notice.