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MI SB0370
MI SB0370Elections: absent voters; signature matching and curing for absent voter ballot applications and absent voter ballot return envelopes; provide for, and provide for modifications to the absent voter ballot application and process. Amends secs. 759, 761 & 766 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759 et seq.); adds secs. 766a & 766b & repeals sec. 759c of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.759c). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0339'23
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Introduced
06/06/2023
06/06/2023
In Committee
06/20/2023
06/20/2023
Crossed Over
06/14/2023
06/14/2023
Passed
06/28/2023
06/28/2023
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
07/20/2023
07/20/2023
Introduced Session
102nd Legislature
Bill Summary
AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled ?An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,? by amending sections 759, 761, and 766 (MCL 168.759, 168.761, and 168.766), sections 759 and 761 as amended by 2020 PA 302 and section 766 as amended by 2018 PA 120, and by adding sections 766a and 766b; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
AI Summary
This bill amends Michigan's election law to provide for signature matching and curing procedures for absent voter ballot applications and return envelopes. The key provisions include:
- Allowing registered voters to apply for absent voter ballots in various ways, including online, and requiring signature verification on applications.
- Establishing procedures for clerks to notify voters if their signature is missing or does not sufficiently match the signature on file, and providing voters an opportunity to cure the deficiency.
- Setting timelines for clerks to verify signatures and notify voters, with stricter deadlines as an election approaches.
- Allowing voters to cure a signature deficiency on their absent voter ballot return envelope until 5 pm on the third day after the election.
- Outlining procedures for county clerks to tabulate cured absent voter ballots after the election.
- The bill is tied to the passage of two other Senate bills, so it will only take effect if those bills also become law.
Committee Categories
Government Affairs
Sponsors (17)
Sylvia Santana (D)*,
Winnie Brinks (D),
Darrin Camilleri (D),
Mary Cavanagh (D),
Stephanie Chang (D),
John Cherry (D),
Erika Geiss (D),
Kevin Hertel (D),
Jeff Irwin (D),
Sean McCann (D),
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D),
Mallory McMorrow (D),
Jeremy Moss (D),
Dayna Polehanki (D),
Sue Shink (D),
Sam Singh (D),
Paul Wojno (D),
Last Action
Assigned Pa 0082'23 (on 07/20/2023)
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