{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.798c","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.798c","heading":"Casting absentee votes on paper ballots or ballot cards; count; recording; voting and processing absent voters' ballots; inspection of rejected ballot.","body":"Sec. 798c.\n\nAbsentee votes may be cast on paper ballots or ballot cards or both. Absent voter ballots may be counted in the various voting precincts or may be counted by absent voter counting boards. Absentee votes cast on paper ballots may be recorded by election inspectors on ballot cards for counting by tabulating equipment.\n\nIn an election held under this act, absent voters' ballots may be voted and processed in the manner provided by this chapter.\n\nIf electronic tabulating equipment rejects an absent voter ballot due to programming required under section 795, the rejected ballot shall be inspected to confirm the presence of the error before the ballot is processed. A vote for each elective office or ballot question in which an error is confirmed shall not be counted.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 168","Act Act-116-of-1954"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-168-798c","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"a7c6f98fe6f6aead82da5b7044eff724a19e76b7e7ef90567f90899504612720","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.798b","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.799"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}