Bill Text: MI HB4433 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections; candidates; candidates changing political party affiliation before filing deadline; permit political party to select a replacement candidate under certain circumstances. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 550a.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Printed Bill Filed 03/13/2013 [HB4433 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB4433-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4433

 

March 12, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Brinks, Ananich, LaVoy, Faris, Smiley, Knezek, Rutledge, Brunner, Brown, Greimel, Segal, Barnett, Hovey-Wright, Roberts, McCann, Townsend, Dillon, Switalski, Yanez, Kosowski, Hobbs, Driskell, Tlaib, Lamonte, Cavanagh, Kandrevas, Schor, Slavens, Lipton and Abed and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 550a.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 550a. Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an

 

incumbent candidate for a partisan office changes his or her

 

political party affiliation during the 7 days before the nominating

 

petition or filing fee deadline for that partisan office, 1 of the

 

following of the political party which the incumbent candidate

 

represented before changing his or her political party affiliation

 

may, within 14 days after the nominating petition or filing fee

 

deadline for that partisan office, select a replacement candidate

 

to represent that political party at the primary election for that

 

partisan office:

 

     (a) For a state office or the office of United States senator,

 

the state central committee of the political party.

 

     (b) For a county office or a district office within an

 

electoral district of 1 county, the county executive committee of

 

the political party.

 

     (c) For a district office within an electoral district less

 

than 1 county in which 3 or more members of the county executive

 

committee of the political party reside in the electoral district,

 

the members of the county executive committee of that political

 

party residing in the electoral district. For a district office

 

within an electoral district less than 1 county in which less than

 

3 members of the county executive committee of the political party

 

reside in the electoral district, the county executive committee of

 

that political party.

 

     (d) For a district office having an electoral district in more

 

than 1 county, the members of the several county executive

 

committees of the political party residing in those parts of the

 

counties that are in the district.

 

     (e) For a ward or township office in which 3 or more members

 

of the county executive committee of the political party reside in

 

the ward or township, the members of the county executive committee

 

of that political party residing in the ward or township. For a

 

ward or township office in which less than 3 members of the county

 

executive committee of the political party reside in the ward or

 

township, the county executive committee of that political party.