EAIElectoral Access Index

The statute codifies the membership of the county board of election commissioners (judge of probate, county clerk, county treasurer) ex officio, which provides statutory grounding. However, it does not establish balanced political composition, fixed terms specific to election duties, or appointment by multiple branches—the members serve by virtue of other elected offices.

The Michigan Constitution itself sets the age (21, though superseded by the 26th Amendment to 18) and residency (six months) requirements for voting, satisfying the criterion that these requirements be constitutionally grounded.

“Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 21 years, who has resided in this state six months, and who meets the requirements of local residence provided by law, shall be an elector and qualified to vote in any election except as otherwise provided in this constitution.”

This is a constitutional authorization for the legislature to disqualify voters based on mental incompetence or incarceration, providing constitutional framing. However, it does not itself set criteria, duration, or any restoration procedure — those would need to be in statute, which is not shown here.

“The legislature may by law exclude persons from voting because of mental incompetence or commitment to a jail or penal institution.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section is a campaign finance definitions provision (defining 'domestic dependent sovereign,' 'election,' 'election cycle,' and 'elective office'). It contains nothing about felon voting rights or restoration procedures.

This section addresses registration procedure and the voter identification card mailed after registration, which is statutorily grounded. However, it does not directly address ID requirements at the point of voting; that is governed elsewhere. To the extent it sets a statutory rule (the voter ID card process), it is in statute.

The statute exhaustively enumerates the acceptable identification forms for online voter registration authentication (four specific ID types plus SSN last-4 fallback), leaving no discretion to administrators on what counts.

“(a) The identification number for the applicant on any of the following: (i) A valid operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923. (ii) A valid official state personal identification card issued under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300. (iii) An enhanced driver license issued under the enhanced driver license and enhanced official state personal identification card act, 2008 PA 23, MCL 28.301 to 28.308. (iv) An enhanced official state personal identification card issued under the enhanced driver license and enhanced official state personal identification card act, 2008 PA 23, MCL 28.301 to 28.308. (b) If the applicant does not have an identification number for an identification as provided under subdivision (a), the last 4 digits of a valid Social Security number for the applicant.”

This section concerns absent voter ballot drop boxes, not voter identification requirements or free state-issued ID. It is not relevant to the ID.3 criterion.

The statute defines the post-election cure procedure for provisional ballots: the clerk has 6 days to verify eligibility, and enumerates the specific documents that establish identity/residence for tabulation. It also references the affidavit procedure under section 523(2).

The statute provides a notice and free-access verification system so voters can learn whether their provisional ballot was tabulated and why, but it does not codify an actual appeal or review procedure to challenge a rejection of an ID or provisional ballot. Without a defined appeal path, the criterion is not satisfied.

The statute explicitly defines the 15-day-before-election cutoff and enumerates the means by which an application is deemed timely received, providing clear statutory grounding for the registration deadline.

“An application for registration is considered received on or before the fifteenth day before an election if 1 of the following requirements is met”

The statute exhaustively enumerates the registration methods: in-person at clerk/SOS/voter registration agency, by mail, and online (cross-referenced to § 509ii). All methods are grounded in statute.

“(1) A person who is not registered to vote at the address where he or she resides may apply to register to vote by submitting an application at any of the following locations: (a) The office of the clerk of a county or the office of the clerk of the city or township in which the applicant resides, during regular office hours of that clerk. (b) A department of state office. (c) A designated voter registration agency when submitting an application, recertification, renewal, or change of address at the voter registration agency. (2) A person who is not registered to vote at the address where he or she resides may apply for registration by submitting a completed mail registration application.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section governs cure procedures for absent voter ballot signature deficiencies, not registration. It does not address cure procedures for incomplete voter registrations.

The statute provides notice by registered/certified mail upon removal, an immediate cure (showing wrongful removal to the clerk for reinstatement), and a statutorily-grounded appeal via mandamus with supreme court review.

The statute defines death-based roll-maintenance criteria and procedures in statute (not regulation). This addresses the death criterion specifically; combined with other statutory provisions for address/inactivity, it grounds removal criteria at the statutory level, meriting a score of 1.

The statute requires forwardable-mail notice with a prepaid return card allowing the elector to verify/correct address, and cancellation only occurs after the elector fails to respond and fails to vote across two federal general elections — a clear statutory notice-and-cure procedure before removal.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: The section delegates security features entirely to administrative discretion ('determined appropriate by the secretary of state') and contains no statutory requirements for encryption, breach notification, or access logs.

No matching sections in corpus.

The statute codifies a right to assistance and enumerates who may assist (two inspectors by default; for blind voters, an immediate family member or a designated person over 18). It provides clear statutory grounding and enumeration, though voter-of-choice is limited to blindness; the core procedural-clarity test is met.

“When at an election an elector shall state that the elector cannot mark his or her ballot, the elector shall be assisted in the marking of his or her ballot by 2 inspectors of election. If an elector is so disabled on account of blindness, the elector may be assisted in the marking of his or her ballot by a member of his or her immediate family or by a person over 18 years of age designated by the blind person.”

No matching sections in corpus.

This section addresses early voting site location/selection but does not set specific opening/closing hours by statute. It references 'the hour prescribed for the closing' without enumerating it here, so this particular section does not establish polling-place hours.

This section only addresses the presidential primary party ballot selection form for permanent mail voters; it does not codify the full mail-in voting procedure (application, deadline, return, signature verification, cure). Those elements would be in other sections.

“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”

This section codifies in statute the absentee voting framework for UOCAVA voters: eligibility, application procedure (including FPCA), electronic transmission, ballot return, deadlines, and treatment of ballots are all spelled out in statute.

The statute sets out, in law, the rules governing early voting site locations — enumerating the factors officials must consider and imposing a 60-day finalization deadline. Combined with other statutory sections setting the early voting period, the locations rule is statutorily grounded.

“The location and number of early voting sites must be selected by taking into consideration expected turnout, population density, public transportation, accessibility, travel time, traffic patterns, and any other factors that election officials consider necessary to enhance the accessibility of early voting sites.”

Statute defines placement criteria (subsec. 4), security/design requirements (subsec. 6), video monitoring (subsec. 7), and chain-of-custody by authorizing only clerks/deputies/sworn staff to collect ballots (subsec. 9). All key procedural elements are statutorily grounded and enumerated.

“(6) An absent voter ballot drop box must meet all of the following requirements: (a) Be clearly labeled as an absent voter ballot drop box that can be used to return completed absent voter ballot applications and voted absent voter ballots. (b) Be securely locked, be affixed to the ground or to another stationary object, and be designed to prevent the removal of absent voter ballot applications and absent voter ballots when locked.”

The statute enumerates the adjudication procedure for provisional ballots, including timeline, criteria for tabulation (voter registration record or ID + residence document), and reporting requirements to the county canvassers. This satisfies the procedural-clarity test for provisional ballot adjudication.

“Within 6 days after an election, for each provisional ballot that was placed in a provisional ballot return envelope, the city or township clerk shall determine whether the individual voting the provisional ballot was eligible to vote a ballot and whether to tabulate the provisional ballot.”