Bill Text: MI HB4127 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Elections: election officials; procedure to remove certain electors listed on the qualified voter file with unknown dates of birth; provide for. Amends sec. 510 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.510).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-04-12 - Re-referred To Committee On Elections And Ethics [HB4127 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4127-Enrolled.html
state of michigan
101st Legislature
Regular session of 2022
Introduced by Reps. Hall, Calley and Sabo
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4127
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 510 (MCL 168.510).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 510. (1) At least once a month, the county clerk shall forward a list of the last known address and birth date of all individuals over 18 years of age who have died in the county to the clerk of each city or township in the county. The city or township clerk shall compare this list with the registration records and cancel the registration of all deceased electors.
(2) For each registered elector who has been assigned a placeholder date of birth on the qualified voter file because the actual date of birth of the registered elector is unknown, the secretary of state shall, not later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, send by forwardable mail both of the following to the elector:
(a) A postage prepaid and preaddressed return card to the appropriate city or township clerk on which the elector may verify his or her date of birth and on which the elector must do both of the following:
(i) Sign his or her name.
(ii) Subject to subsection (3), attach to the return card a copy of his or her original birth certificate, current driver license, or current state personal identification card as proof of his or her date of birth.
(b) A notice that contains the following statement:
“Secretary of state records indicate that your date of birth
is not on the qualified voter file. To confirm your status as a registered
voter, please complete, sign, and return the enclosed card providing your date
of birth and proof of date of birth to the appropriate city or township clerk
at least 15 days before the next election. If you do not complete, sign, and
return the enclosed card and provide proof of date of birth to the appropriate
city or township clerk at least 15 days before the next election, you will be
required to affirm your date of birth at the polls before you are permitted to
vote. To keep your status as a registered voter, you must respond to this notice,
vote, or engage in voting-related activity, including, but not limited to,
requesting an absent voter ballot application or updating your voter
registration, by the first business day after the second general November
election that is held after the date on this notice.”
(3) If an elector returns his or her completed and signed return card in person to the appropriate city or township clerk, the elector may provide proof of his or her date of birth by showing the city or township clerk his or her original birth certificate or his or her current driver license or current state personal identification card.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), until an elector returns a completed and signed return card, and provides proof of his or her date of birth, to the appropriate city or township clerk to verify his or her date of birth as provided in subsection (2), the city or township clerk shall identify the registration record of that elector as challenged as provided in this act.
(5) Upon receipt of a return card under subsection (2) from an elector, the appropriate city or township clerk shall compare the signature on the return card to the signature for that elector on the qualified voter file. If the signature on the return card and the signature for that elector on the qualified voter file do not match, the city or township clerk shall identify the registration record of that elector as challenged as provided in this act. The city or township clerk shall notify the elector that his or her signature on the return card did not match the signature for that elector on the qualified voter file and that his or her registration record is considered challenged. The notice to the elector under this subsection must include the steps the elector must take in order to no longer have his or her registration record considered to be challenged.
(6) If a notice sent under subsection (2) is returned to
the secretary of state by the post office as undeliverable, the secretary of
state shall identify the registration record of that elector as challenged as
provided in this act. If the elector does not vote or engage in voting-related
activity by the first business day after the
second general November election that is held after the date on the notice, the
secretary of state shall cancel the registration of that elector and notify the
appropriate city or township clerk of the cancellation.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
