§ 168.509oQualified voter file; establishment and maintenance; individuals considered

registered voters; signed application; development and use of process to update qualified
 voter file; availability of canceled voter registration information; participation in
 multistate programs or services; limitations.
 Sec. 509o.
    (1) The secretary of state shall direct and supervise the establishment and maintenance of a
 statewide qualified voter file. The secretary of state shall establish the technology to
 implement the qualified voter file. The qualified voter file is the official file for the conduct of
 all elections held in this state. The secretary of state may direct that all or any part of the city
 or township voter registration files must be used in conjunction with the qualified voter file at
 the first state primary and election held after the creation of the qualified voter file.
    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an individual who appears to
 vote in an election and whose name appears in the qualified voter file for that city, township,
 or school district, and who is not designated in the qualified voter file as preregistered to vote
 as provided under section 496a, is considered a registered elector of that city, township, or
 school district under this act.
    (3) The secretary of state, a designated voter registration agency, or a county, city, or
 township clerk shall not place a name of an individual into the qualified voter file unless that
 individual signs an application as prescribed in section 509r(3), or is registered to vote or
 preregistered to vote under section 493a or 493b. The secretary of state or a designated voter
 registration agency shall not allow an individual to indicate a different address than the
 address in either the secretary of state's or designated voter registration agency's files to be
 placed in the qualified voter file.
    (4) The secretary of state shall develop and utilize a process by which information obtained
 through the United States Social Security Administration's death master file that is used to
 cancel an operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA
 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, or an official state personal identification card issued under 1972


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 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300, of a deceased resident of this state is also used at least once a
 month to update the qualified voter file to cancel the voter registration of any elector
 determined to be deceased. The secretary of state shall make the canceled voter registration
 information under this subsection available to the clerk of each county, city, or township to
 assist with the clerk's obligations under section 510.
    (5) Subject to this subsection, the secretary of state shall participate with other states in 1 or
 more recognized multistate programs or services, if available, to assist in the verification of
 the current residence and voter registration status of electors. The secretary of state shall not
 participate in any recognized multistate program or service described in this subsection that
 requires this state to promote or adopt legislation as a condition of participation in that
 program or service. In addition, the secretary of state shall not participate in any recognized
 multistate program or service described in this subsection if the secretary of state determines
 that data of that program or service are not being adequately secured or protected. The
 secretary of state shall follow the procedures under section 509aa(5) with regard to any
 electors affected by information obtained through any multistate program or service.