§ 168.509ccChallenge of registration; response by voter; duties of clerk

Sec. 509cc.
    (1) If a registration is challenged under this act and the challenged voter does not respond in
 the manner provided in this act, the registration record of that voter remains challenged and
 election officials shall not allow the challenged voter to vote until he or she answers the
 grounds of the challenge in the manner provided in this act. If a registration is challenged
 under this act and an election official determines, based upon the response of the challenged
 voter, that the voter is qualified to vote, the election official shall allow the voter to vote and
 the clerk shall remove the identification as challenged from the registration record of that
 voter.
    (2) If a clerk does not independently determine that a challenged voter is qualified to vote or
 if the challenged voter does not respond to the challenge or fails to prove in his or her response
 to the challenge that he or she is qualified to vote during the period beginning on the date of
 the notice of challenge under this act and ending on the first business day immediately
 following the second November general election that is held after the date of the notice, the
 clerk shall cancel the registration of the voter and remove his or her name from the registration
 record of the city or township.