§ 168.510Deceased electors; cancellation of registration; notification requirements;

updating of qualified voter file; removal of absent voter ballot return.
 Sec. 510.
    (1) Until December 31, 2022, at least once a month, the county clerk shall forward a list of
 the last known address and birth date of all individuals over 17-1/2 years of age who have died
 in the county to the clerk of each city or township in the county. The city or township clerk
 shall compare this list with the registration records and cancel the registration of the deceased
 electors.
    (2) Beginning January 1, 2023, and except as otherwise provided in subsections (6) and (7),
 at least once a month, and not later than the second business day of each month, each county
 clerk shall update the qualified voter file to initiate the cancellation of the voter registration of
 all individuals over 17-1/2 years of age who have died in the county.
    (3) Beginning January 1, 2023, each time a county clerk updates the qualified voter file
 under subsection (2), (6), or (7), the secretary of state shall, within 24 hours after the qualified
 voter file is updated, send an electronic notification to the appropriate city or township clerk
 regarding each initiated cancellation of voter registration in that city or township.
    (4) Beginning January 1, 2023, upon receiving an electronic notification under subsection
 (3), the city or township clerk shall compare the electronic notification with the voter
 registration records in that city or township and complete the cancellation of the voter
 registration of each deceased elector in that city or township.
    (5) Beginning January 1, 2023, if the secretary of state updates the qualified voter file to
 cancel the voter registration of any deceased elector, the secretary of state shall, within 24
 hours after the qualified voter file is updated, send an electronic notification to the appropriate
 city or township clerk regarding each canceled voter registration in that city or township. The
 secretary of state shall notify each appropriate city or township clerk of any voter registration
 that needs to be canceled after 4 p.m. on the day before an election so that the city or township
 clerk can cancel the voter registration.
    (6) Beginning January 1, 2023, on the first Friday in July before an August election and
 continuing until 16 days before that August election, each county clerk shall update the
 qualified voter file by the close of business each Friday before that August election to initiate
 the cancellation of the voter registration of all individuals over 17-1/2 years of age who have
 died in the county. Beginning January 1, 2023, on the first Friday in October before a
 November election and continuing until 16 days before that November election, each county
 clerk shall update the qualified voter file by the close of business each Friday before that
 November election to initiate the cancellation of the voter registration of all individuals over
 17-1/2 years of age who have died in the county.
    (7) Beginning January 1, 2023, 15 days before each August and November election and
 continuing until the day before each August and November election, each county clerk shall
 update the qualified voter file by the close of business each business day before the August or
 November election to initiate the cancellation of the voter registration of all individuals over
 17-1/2 years of age who have died in the county. Each county clerk shall notify each
 appropriate city or township clerk in the county of any voter registration that needs to be
 canceled after 4 p.m. on the day before an August or November election so that the city or
 township clerk can cancel the voter registration.
    (8) Upon receiving notice that an elector in the city or township has died and determining
 that the elector was issued an absent voter ballot, the clerk of that city or township shall make




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 the clerk's best effort to remove the absent voter ballot return envelope or any ballot returned
 by that elector from processing and spoil the ballot for that elector.