Bill Text: MI SB0428 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; registration; online voter registration; allow. Amends sec. 509t of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.509t). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0425'17, SB 0426'17, SB 0427'17, SB 0429'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-27 - Assigned Pa 0353'18 With Immediate Effect [SB0428 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0428-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 428
June 6, 2017, Introduced by Senator HANSEN and referred to the Committee on Elections and Government Reform.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 509t (MCL 168.509t), as amended by 2004 PA 92.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 509t. (1) Notwithstanding another provision of law to the
contrary, a person who is a qualified elector in this state and who
registers to vote in a manner consistent with the national voter
registration act of 1993 is considered a registered voter under
this act.
(2) A person who registers to vote in a jurisdiction in this
state by mail or by submitting an electronic voter registration
application shall vote in person and shall provide identification
as required under section 303(b) of the help America vote act of
2002,
42 USC 15483, 52 USC
21083, if that person has not
previously
voted in person in this state. This subsection does not apply to
any of the following registered voters:
(a) A person who has registered to vote in a jurisdiction in
this state in person.
(b) (a)
A person entitled to vote by
absentee ballot under the
uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act.
(c) (b)
A person who has a disability as that term is defined
in section 103 of the persons with disabilities civil rights act,
1976 PA 220, MCL 37.1103, or, for purposes of voting in person
only, a person who is 60 years of age or older.
(d) (c)
A person who is entitled to vote
other than in person
under any other federal law.
(3) This section does not preclude this state from prosecuting
a violation of this act that is also a violation of a federal
election or voting rights law.
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._427.
(c) Senate Bill No. 425.
(d) Senate Bill No. 429.
