§ 168.759fPresidential primary ballot selection form; availability

Sec. 759f.


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    (1) The secretary of state shall prescribe the presidential primary ballot selection form. The
 presidential primary ballot selection form must be available in person, by mail, and online, and
 must be able to be submitted to the clerk of the city or township in which the permanent mail
 ballot voter resides, in person, by mail, or online.
    (2) No later than 60 days before a presidential primary election, each city or township clerk
 shall send a presidential primary ballot selection form, with prepaid return postage, to all
 permanent mail ballot voters in the city or township who have not made a presidential primary
 ballot selection for the presidential primary election. If a permanent mail ballot voter does not
 return a presidential primary ballot selection form by the fortieth day before a presidential
 primary election, the city or township clerk shall notify that permanent mail ballot voter by
 telephone, email, and text message, if available, of the requirement to make a political party
 ballot selection in order to receive a presidential primary election ballot. If the city or township
 clerk does not have the telephone number or email address of the permanent mail ballot voter,
 the city or township clerk must notify the permanent mail ballot voter by United States mail,
 and may also notify the permanent mail ballot voter by any other available method of contact.
    (3) If an elector becomes a permanent mail ballot voter in a city or township after the clerk
 sends the presidential primary ballot selection forms as required under subsection (2), and the
 elector has not made a presidential primary ballot selection for the presidential primary
 election, the clerk of the city or township must immediately send the voter a presidential
 primary ballot selection form, with prepaid return postage.
    (4) If the presidential primary election ballot contains any office or proposal other than for
 the office of President of the United States, a ballot with those other offices or proposals that
 does not include the office of President of the United States must be sent to those permanent
 mail ballot voters who have not made a presidential primary ballot selection for the
 presidential primary election. In addition, a ballot sent under this subsection must include a
 notice on a form as prescribed by the secretary of state that indicates both of the following:
    (a) The permanent mail ballot voter did not receive a presidential primary election ballot
 because the permanent mail ballot voter did not make a presidential primary ballot selection.
    (b) The process by which the permanent mail ballot voter can participate in the presidential
 primary election.
    (5) A presidential primary ballot selection form sent under this section must be sent to the
 address designated by the permanent mail ballot voter to which the voter's absent voter ballot
 is sent.