Section 168.520 - Illegal or fraudulent registration; township, city or village clerk, powers and duties; assistance by police or sheriff; assistant examiners, appointment, expenses.
MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954
168.520 Illegal or fraudulent registration; township, city or village clerk, powers and duties; assistance by police or sheriff; assistant examiners, appointment, expenses.
Sec. 520.
Whenever it shall come to the knowledge of any township, city or village clerk that there is probable illegal or fraudulent registration in his township, city or village, or in any ward or precinct thereof, he shall have power and it shall be his duty to make full investigation of the facts concerning such registration and to ascertain whether any names have been illegally or fraudulently registered. To this end, such clerk is hereby authorized and empowered to call upon the police department of the city or the sheriff of his county, or both, to assist in making such investigation, and said police department and said sheriff are hereby required to render such assistance whenever such clerk shall make request therefor, and to furnish such clerk at his request with all available men to assist in making such investigation. Any such clerk is hereby further authorized and empowered whenever he deems it necessary or advisable to appoint assistant examiners for the purpose of such investigation. Bills for the services of such examiner shall be approved by such clerk and shall be audited and paid by the township board or legislative body of the city or village, as the case may be, in the same manner as the expenses of conducting elections are paid.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Popular Name: Election Code