Bill Text: MI SB0427 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Elections; registration; online voter registration; allow. Amends sec. 509v of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.509v). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0425'17, SB 0426'17, SB 0428'17, SB 0429'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-27 - Assigned Pa 0352'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0427 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0427-Chaptered.html
Act No. 352
Public Acts of 2018
Approved by the Governor
November 15, 2018
Filed with the Secretary of State
November 15, 2018
EFFECTIVE DATE: February 13, 2019
STATE OF MICHIGAN
99TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
Introduced by Senator Stamas
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 427
AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 509v (MCL 168.509v), 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 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 registration application. A person may request a mail 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 an electronic voter registration application as provided in section 509ii.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 426.
(b) Senate Bill No. 425.
(c) Senate Bill No. 428.
(d) Senate Bill No. 429.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
