Bill Text: MI HB5971 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; registration; elector registering to vote in person; expand to include at any county, city, or township clerk's office in this state. Amends secs. 509v & 509w of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.509v & 168.509w).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-08 - Printed Bill Filed 10/17/2012 [HB5971 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5971-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5971
October 17, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Brown and Byrum and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 509v and 509w (MCL 168.509v and 168.509w), as
added by 1994 PA 441.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 509v. (1) A person who is not registered to vote at the
address where he or she resides may apply to register to vote by
submitting
an a voter registration application at any of the
following locations:
(a) The office of the clerk of a county or the office of the
clerk of the city or township in which the applicant resides,
during regular office hours of that clerk.
(b) A department of state office.
(c) A designated voter registration agency when submitting an
application, recertification, renewal, or change of address at the
voter registration agency.
(2) A person who is not registered to vote at the address
where he or she resides may apply for registration by submitting a
completed mail voter registration application. A person may request
a mail voter registration application from and submit the
application to any of the following:
(a) The secretary of state.
(b) The clerk of the county, city, or township in which the
applicant resides.
(c) A designated voter registration agency.
(3) A person who is not registered to vote at the address
where he or she resides may apply to register to vote by submitting
a voter registration application in person to any county, city, or
township clerk in this state or an authorized full-time or part-
time employee of any county, city, or township clerk in this state.
An authorized assistant of a county, city, or township clerk who is
not a full-time or part-time employee of a county, city, or
township clerk is not authorized to accept a voter registration
application under this subsection.
Sec.
509w. (1) The person processing an a voter registration
application submitted in person at a department of state office, a
designated
voter registration agency, or the office of a county
clerk
a county, city, or township
clerk's office shall do all of
the following:
(a) Validate the application in the manner prescribed by the
secretary of state.
(b) Issue a receipt to the applicant verifying the acceptance
of the application.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the
department of state office, the designated voter registration
agency,
or the county clerk, or
the city or township clerk, if
other than the city or township clerk where the applicant resides,
shall transmit the application not later than 7 days after receipt
of the application to the clerk of the county, city, or township
where the applicant resides.
(3) If an application under subsection (1) is made within 7
days before the close of registration for a federal election, the
department of state office, the designated voter registration
agency,
or the county clerk, or
the city or township clerk, if
other than the city or township clerk where the applicant resides,
shall transmit the application not later than 1 business day to the
clerk of the county, city, or township where the applicant resides.
(4) If a completed application is transmitted by the secretary
of state or a designated voter registration agency to a county
clerk, the secretary of state, to the extent funds are
appropriated, shall compensate the county clerk for the cost of
forwarding the application to the proper city or township clerk of
the applicant's residence from funds appropriated to the secretary
of state for that purpose.
