Bill Text: MI SB0710 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections: registration; delivery of voter identification card electronically; provide for. Amends secs. 495 & 499 of 1954 PA 116 (MCl 168.495 & 168.499).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - Referred To Committee On Elections [SB0710 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0710-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 710
January 08, 2020, Introduced by Senator LUCIDO
and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 495 and 499 (MCL 168.495 and 168.499), section 495 as amended by 2018 PA 603 and section 499 as amended by 2004 PA 92.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 495. The registration application must contain
all of the following:
(a) The name of the
elector.
(b) The residence address
of the elector, including the street and number or rural route and box number
and the apartment number, if any.
(c) The city or township
and county of residence of the elector.
(d) The date of birth of
the elector.
(e) The driver license or
state personal identification card number of the elector, if available.
(f) A statement that the
elector is a citizen of the United States.
(g) A statement that the
elector is at the time of completing the affidavit, or will be on the date of
the next election, not less than 18 years of age.
(h) A statement that the
elector has or will have lived in this state not less than 30 days before the
next election.
(i) A statement that the
elector has or will have established his or her residence in the township or
city in which the elector is applying for registration not less than 30 days
before the next election.
(j) A statement that the
elector is or will be a qualified elector of the township or city on the date
of the next election.
(k) A space in which the
elector shall state the place of the elector's last registration, if any.
(l) A statement that the registration is not effective until
processed by the clerk of the city or township in which the applicant resides.
(m) A statement that the applicant, if qualified, may vote at
an election occurring on or after the date of completing the application.
(n) A statement authorizing the cancellation of registration
at the elector's last place of registration.
(o) A space for the elector to provide his or her electronic
mail address or other electronic contact information, if available.
(p) (o) A space for the elector to sign and certify to
the truth of the statements on the application.
Sec. 499. (1) An
elector entitled to registration in an election precinct may become registered
in the precinct by applying in person and signing the registration application
before the clerk or assistant clerk of the township , or city , or village in which the precinct is
located. For the performance of his or her duties under this act, each clerk
and assistant clerk has the power to administer oaths and to swear persons individuals as to the
truth of statements contained in an application. For a better examination of
the applicant, a clerk may employ and swear an interpreter to interpret all
questions put to applicants and the answers to those questions. If the
applicant, in answer to a question or in the registration application, makes a
material statement that is false, the applicant is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) A clerk or assistant clerk shall not accept a fee from an
elector applying for registration, either for the registering of the elector or
for the taking of the acknowledgment on the application. A person An individual who
violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(3) The clerk, immediately after receiving the registration
or change of address of an elector, shall prepare a voter identification card
for the elector. The clerk shall also prepare and send a corrected voter
identification card to an elector affected by a change in United States representative, Representative, state
senatorial, state representative, or county commissioner district or precinct. The Subject to subsection (4), the clerk
shall forward by first-class mail the voter identification card to the elector
at the elector's registration address. The voter identification card shall must contain the name
and address of the registrant and the United States representative, Representative, state senatorial, state
representative, or county commissioner district and precinct in which the
registrant is an elector. If the original voter identification card is returned
to the clerk by the post office as nondeliverable, the clerk shall reject the
registration and send the individual a notice of rejection. If a duplicate
voter identification card is returned to the clerk by the post office, the
clerk shall accept this as information that the elector has moved and the clerk
shall proceed in conformity with section 509aa.
(4) A
city or township clerk may forward a voter identification card to an elector
electronically if the governing body of the city or township adopts a resolution
permitting voter identification cards to be forwarded to electors
electronically. If the governing body of a city or township adopts a resolution
as provided under this subsection, an elector in that city or township may
provide his or her electronic mail address or other electronic contact
information to the clerk of that city or township to have his or her voter identification
card forwarded electronically as provided in this subsection.
