§ 168.659Consolidation of election precincts

Sec. 659.
    (1) If a county, city, ward, township, village, metropolitan district, or school district is
 divided into 2 or more election precincts, the county, city, ward, township, or village election
 commissioners may, by resolution, consolidate the election precincts for a particular election
 that is not a general November election, primary election immediately before a general
 November election, or other statewide or federal election. In making the determination to
 consolidate election precincts for a particular election, the election commission shall take into
 consideration the number of choices the voter must make, the percentage of registered voters
 who voted at the last similar election in the jurisdiction, and the intensity of the interest of the
 electors in the jurisdiction concerning the candidates and proposals to be voted upon.
 Consolidated precincts shall not exceed 5,000 active registered electors.
    (2) A consolidation under this section shall be made not less than 60 days before a primary,
 general, or special election.
    (3) Unless the polling places for the election precincts to be consolidated are located in the
 same building, when a county, city, ward, township, or village consolidates election precincts
 for a particular election under subsection (1), the election commissioners or other designated
 election officials shall do both of the following:
    (a) Provide notice to the registered electors of the affected election precincts of the
 consolidation of election precincts for the particular election and the location of the polling
 place for the election precinct or precincts for that election. Notice may be provided by mail or
 other method designed to provide actual notice to the registered electors.
    (b) Post a written notice at each election precinct polling place stating the location of the
 consolidated election precinct polling place.
    (4) If a county, city, ward, township, or village consolidates election precincts under this
 section, each affected election precinct shall be treated as a whole unit and shall not be divided
 during the consolidation.



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