{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.733","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.733","heading":"Challengers; space in polling place; rights; space at counting board; expulsion for cause; protection; threat or intimidation.","body":"Sec. 733.\n\nThe board of election inspectors shall provide space for the challengers within the polling place that enables the challengers to observe the election procedure and each person applying to vote. A challenger may do 1 or more of the following:\n\nUnder the scrutiny of an election inspector, inspect without handling the poll books as ballots are issued to electors and the electors' names being entered in the poll book.\n\nObserve the manner in which the duties of the election inspectors are being performed.\n\nChallenge the voting rights of a person who the challenger has good reason to believe is not a registered elector.\n\nChallenge an election procedure that is not being properly performed.\n\nBring to an election inspector's attention any of the following:\n\nImproper handling of a ballot by an elector or election inspector.\n\nA violation of a regulation made by the board of election inspectors pursuant to section 742.\n\nCampaigning being performed by an election inspector or other person in violation of section 744.\n\nA violation of election law or other prescribed election procedure.\n\nRemain during the canvass of votes and until the statement of returns is duly signed and made.\n\nExamine without handling each ballot as it is being counted.\n\nKeep records of votes cast and other election procedures as the challenger desires.\n\nObserve the recording of absent voter ballots on voting machines.\n\nThe board of election inspectors shall provide space for each challenger, if any, at each counting board that enables the challengers to observe the counting of the ballots. A challenger at the counting board may do 1 or more of the activities allowed in subsection (1), as applicable.\n\nAny evidence of drinking of alcoholic beverages or disorderly conduct is sufficient cause for the expulsion of a challenger from the polling place or the counting board. The election inspectors and other election officials on duty shall protect a challenger in the discharge of his or her duties.\n\nA person shall not threaten or intimidate a challenger while performing an activity allowed under subsection (1). A challenger shall not threaten or intimidate an elector while the elector is entering the polling place, applying to vote, entering the voting compartment, voting, or leaving the polling place.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 168","Act Act-116-of-1954"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-168-733","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"42bf4d2f19887f849b3a5a54a722668b5ea2f098bb05cfb6dfaf4e078ed97839","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.732","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.734"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}