Bill Text: MI SB0006 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections; absent voters; permanent absent voter file; provide for. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 759e.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-14 - Referred To Committee On Campaign And Election Oversight [SB0006 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0006-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 6

 

 

January 14, 2009, Introduced by Senator JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Campaign and Election Oversight.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 759e.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 759e. (1) Each city, township, and village clerk shall

 

maintain a permanent absent voter list.

 

     (2) A qualified and registered elector who meets 1 or more of

 

the following requirements may request to be placed on the

 

permanent absent voter list of the city, township, or village in

 

which the elector is registered to vote:

 

     (a) Is 60 years of age or older.

 

     (b) Is a permanently physically disabled person.

 

     (3) A request by an elector under this section shall be made

 

to the city, township, or village clerk in person, by telephone,

 

facsimile communication, or first-class mail. The clerk shall send

 

to each elector on the permanent absent voter list an application

 

for an absent voter ballot for each election.