Bill Text: MI SB0290 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections: challengers; certain requirements for election challengers; provide for, and limit the entities that can designate election challengers. Amends sec. 730 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.730) & repeals sec. 731 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.731).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred To Committee On Elections [SB0290 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0290-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 290
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 730 (MCL 168.730), as amended by 1995 PA 261; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 730. (1) At an election, a political party or an incorporated organization or organized committee of citizens interested in the adoption or defeat of a ballot question being voted for or upon at the election, or interested in preserving the purity of elections and in guarding against the abuse of the elective franchise, that has a candidate on the ballot, or a candidate whose name is on the ballot, may designate challengers as provided in this act. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a political party , incorporated organization, or organized committee of interested citizens or candidate may designate not more than 2 challengers to serve in a precinct at any 1 time. A political party , incorporated organization, or organized committee of interested citizens or candidate may designate not more than 1 challenger to serve at each counting board.
(2) A challenger shall must be a registered elector of this state. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a candidate for nomination or election to an office shall not serve as a challenger at the election in which he or she is a candidate. A candidate for the office of delegate to a county convention may serve as a challenger in a precinct other than the 1 in which he or she is a candidate. A person An individual who is appointed as an election inspector at an election shall not act as a challenger at any time during the election day.
(3) A challenger may be designated to serve in more than 1 precinct. The political party , incorporated organization, or organized committee of interested citizens or candidate shall indicate which precincts the challenger will serve when designating challengers under subsection (1). If more than 1 challenger of a political party , incorporated organization, or organized committee of interested citizens or candidate is serving in a precinct at any 1 one time, only 1 of the challengers has the authority to initiate a challenge at any given time. The challengers shall must indicate to the board of election inspectors which of the 2 will have challengers has this authority. The challengers may change this authority and shall must indicate the change to the board of election inspectors.
(4) At all times while serving as a challenger in a precinct, an individual must wear a visible identification badge provided by the political party or candidate that includes all of the following:
(a) The words "challenger".
(b) The name of the challenger.
(c) The name of the political party or candidate designating the challenger to serve.
(d) The city or township, and precinct number or numbers in that city or township, where the challenger is designated to serve.
Enacting section 1. Section 731 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.731, is repealed.
