March 21, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Gay-Dagnogo, Moss, Clemente, LaGrand, Ellison, Sneller, Neeley, Schor, Lasinski, Byrd, Scott, Hammoud, Sabo, Green, Elder, Hertel, Durhal, Zemke, Pagan, Yanez, Wittenberg, Howrylak, Chang, Brinks, Hoadley, Cochran, Robinson, Liberati and Kivela and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 720 and 735 (MCL 168.720 and 168.735), section
735 as amended by 2004 PA 92, and by adding section 720a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
720. (1) On the day of any an election,
the polls shall
be
opened must open at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, a.m. and
shall
must
be continuously open until 8 o'clock
in the afternoon and no
longer.
Every p.m. Each qualified elector present and in line at
the
polls at the hour prescribed for the closing thereof time shall
be allowed to vote.
(2) If a city, township, or village provides for early voting
under section 720a, the clerk of the city, township, or village
shall post the hours that the polls will be open at the clerk's
office. The clerk shall provide notice to the electors that
substantially complies with the form in section 653a of the dates
and hours the early voting polling places will be open.
Sec. 720a. (1) Each city, township, or village may provide
early voting at 1 or more polling places designated by the city,
township, or village clerk during the period of time set forth in
this section before an election.
(2) Early voting may begin on or after the forty-fifth day
before an election and ends on the day before the election.
(3) The secretary of state shall cooperate with each
municipality conducting early voting and provide technical
assistance to each municipality that requests technical assistance.
(4) Except as otherwise provided, all of the following
provisions of this act apply to early voting:
(a) Election inspectors.
(b) Challenges to voters.
(c) Poll book and poll list.
(d) Notices, instructions, and placards.
(e) Security of a voting machine or other voting system.
(f) Ballot security, ballot containers, ballot counting, and
ballot preservation.
(g) Spoiled ballots.
(5) The poll book and poll list for each precinct must be
maintained in accordance with section 735.
(6) Early voting ballots must be processed in the same manner
as ballots cast on election day.
(7) As used in this section, "municipality" means a city,
township, or village.
Sec. 735. (1) At each primary and election, election
inspectors shall keep 1 poll book and 1 poll list. An election
inspector shall enter in the poll book, in the order in which
electors are given ballots, the name of each elector who is given a
ballot and immediately after the name, on the same line, shall
enter the number of the ballot given to the elector. For an absent
voter ballot, when an election inspector removes the ballot from
the sealed absent voter envelope, the election inspector shall
enter in the poll book the name of the absent voter and the number
of the ballot.
(2) If a city, township, or village provides for early voting
under section 720a, the poll book must be divided by date and
separate records must be maintained for each day of early voting.
(3) (2)
If an elector is issued a provisional ballot, an
election inspector shall enter a proper designation in the poll
book, including whether the provisional ballot was tabulated in the
precinct or was secured for verification after the election.
(4) (3)
At the completion of the precinct canvass, an election
inspector shall record on the certificate provided in the poll book
the number of each metal seal used to seal voting equipment and
ballot containers. Each member of the board of election inspectors
shall sign the certificate.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.