Section 168.495a - Removal of preference from precinct and master registration file; release of record containing declaration of party preference prohibited.
MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954
168.495a Removal of preference from precinct and master registration file; release of record containing declaration of party preference prohibited.
Sec. 495a.
(1) If an elector declared a party preference or no party preference as previously provided under this act for the purpose of voting in a statewide presidential primary election, a clerk or authorized assistant to the clerk may remove that declaration from the precinct registration file and the master registration file of that elector and the precinct registration list, if applicable.
(2) Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, a person making a request under the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, is not entitled to receive a copy of a portion of a voter registration record that contains a declaration of party preference or no party preference of an elector. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, a clerk or any other person shall not release a copy of a portion of a voter registration record that contains a declaration of party preference or no party preference of an elector.
History: Add. 1988, Act 275, Eff. Sept. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 213, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1995
Compiler's Notes: See Green Party of Michigan, et al v Terri Lynn Land, case no. 08-10149, March 26, 2008.
Popular Name: Election Code