Bill > HB5282

This bill aims to prohibit the intimidation or prevention of election officials from performing their duties. Specifically, it adds a new section to the Michigan Election Law that makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail and/or a $500 fine for an individual to intimidate an election official or prevent them from carrying out their responsibilities. The term "election official" is defined to include any public officer or employee with a duty related to elections under the Act, and "intimidate" is defined as harassing conduct that would cause a reasonable person to feel terrorized, frightened, threatened, or harassed, and that actually causes the individual to feel that way.