Section 168.385 - Metropolitan district election coordinator; duties(1) Unless a particular power or duty of an election official or a particular election procedure is specifically governed by a provision of this chapter, a metropolitan district election is governed by the provisions of this act that generally govern elections.(2) The metropolitan district election coordinator shall conduct each regular election that is requested by the legislative body of a metropolitan district to submit a ballot question or to fill a position or vacancy on the legislative body of the metropolitan district. The metropolitan district election coordinator shall do all of the following:(a) Receive nominating petitions and affidavits of identity from candidates for officer to the legislative body of a metropolitan district and petitions for ballot questions.(b) Procure the necessary qualified voter file precinct lists.(d) Receive ballot proposal language.(e) Issue absent voter ballots.(3) A metropolitan district election coordinator may delegate, if the city or township clerk agrees, all or a portion of the metropolitan district election coordinator's duties to that city or township clerk. The metropolitan district election coordinator shall not delegate duties to any person not named in this section.(4) A metropolitan district election coordinator may delegate the following duties to the city or township clerk, who shall perform the following duties: (a) Distribute, receive, and process absent voter ballot applications for a metropolitan district election.(b) Make voting systems available for the conduct of a metropolitan district election.(c) Make available to the metropolitan district election coordinator the list of election inspectors for that city or township.(d) Notify metropolitan district electors of precinct and polling place location changes.(5) The county election commission shall establish that metropolitan district's election precincts and polling place locations in accordance with this act.Added by 2012, Act 586,s 3, eff. 1/7/2013.