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Technical Bulletins: New Act Permits Non-Resident Owner Voting Rights, Mtas
Technical Bulletins: New Act Permits Non-Resident Owner Voting Rights, Mtas
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
An MTAS Technical Bulletin dated April 5, 1978, reported an opinion from the Office of the State Attorney General relative to voting in municipal elections by nonresident property owners. This opinion was negated by Chapter 944, Public Acts of 1978, which provided that nonresidents could vote in municipalities where they owned property.
Technical Bulletins: Property Ownership As Basis For Voter Eligibility In Municipal Elections, Mtas
Technical Bulletins: Property Ownership As Basis For Voter Eligibility In Municipal Elections, Mtas
MTAS Publications: Technical Bulletins
This Technical Bulletin discusses the issue of whether property ownership in a municipality makes a person eligible to vote in municipal elections where he or she owns property but does not reside. The Office of the State Attorney General rendered the opinion that "the mere ownership of property in a municipality does not give the owner(s) of the property a right to vote in the municipal elections. Before a person may vote in the municipal elections, he must reside within the corporate limits of the municipality, and otherwise be a qualified and registered voter in a voting precinct within the …