Bill Text: MI SB0696 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections: absent voters; unauthorized opening, tampering with, relocating, or confiscating an absent voter ballot drop box; prohibit, and prohibit blocking, impeding, or obstructing an elector from using an absent voter ballot drop box. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 932g.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-21 - Referred To Committee On Elections [SB0696 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0696-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 696
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 932g.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 932g. (1) An individual, other than a county, city, or township clerk, or his or her authorized designee, shall not open, tamper with, relocate, or confiscate an absent voter ballot drop box for use by an elector to deliver his or her absent voter ballot return envelope.
(2) An individual shall not intentionally block, impede, or obstruct an elector from using an absent voter ballot drop box to deliver his or her absent voter ballot return envelope.
(3) An individual who violates subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years.
