21. Section 8. The names of candidates shall be printed on the ballot in the following manner: The forms shall be set up with the names of the candidates arranged alphabetically according to surnames. In printing each set of ballots for the several election precincts, the relative positions of the different names printed in each division shall be changed as many times as there are candidates in that division having the most names. As nearly as possible an equal number of tickets shall be printed for each change. In making the changes of position, the printers shall take the line of type at the head of each office division and place it as the bottom of the division and shove up the column so that the name that before was second shall be first after the change. After the ballots are printed and before they are trimmed they shall be kept in separate piles, one pile for each change in position, and shall then be piled by taking one ballot from each pile and placing it upon the pile to be trimmed in such manner that each alternative ballot shall have the names in a different relative position. Thereupon, the ballots shall be numbered consecutively on the upper right hand corner upon the front of the ballot with a perforated line across said corner and underneath said number so that said corner with a number thereon may be torn off.
Statutory reference:
Arrangement of ballots, see M.C.L.A. § 168.706