Bill Text: MI HB4383 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Elections; voters; identification requirement for voters who register by mail; allow individuals to present identification to any county, city, or township clerk office before an election. Amends sec. 509t of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.509t).

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-07-15 - Referred To Committee On Campaign And Election Oversight [HB4383 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB4383-Engrossed.html

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HB-4383, As Passed House, June 25, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 4383

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     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 Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and

 

subsection (3), a person who registers by mail to vote in a

 

jurisdiction in this state by mail 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, 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 entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the

 

uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act.

 

     (b) A person who has a disability as 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.

 

     (c) A person who is entitled to vote other than in person

 

under any other federal law.

 

     (3) A person who registers by mail to vote may satisfy the

 

identification requirement of the help America vote act of 2002 and

 

the requirement to vote in person as provided in subsection (2) if

 

he or she presents in person to any county, city, or township clerk

 

in this state a valid form of identification as provided in section

 

303(b) of the help America vote act of 2002, 42 USC 15483. A clerk

 

who receives a valid form of identification and who is not the

 

clerk of the city or township where the elector is registered to

 

vote shall transmit to the clerk of the city or township where the

 

elector is registered to vote a notice that the elector has

 

satisfied the requirement to vote in person and the identification

 

requirement of the help America vote act of 2002. The notice shall

 

be transmitted in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state.

 

The clerk of the city or township where the elector is registered

 

to vote shall, upon receipt of a notice under this subsection,

 

update the information in the qualified vote file of the elector.

 

     (4) (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 does not take effect

 

unless House Bill No. 4993 of the 95th Legislature is enacted into

 

law.