Bill Text: MI HB4540 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Elections; registration; electronic submission of voter registration application; clarify processing of application. Amends secs. 509w & 509x of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.509w & 168.509x). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4539'09
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-12-18 - Referred To Committee On Campaign And Election Oversight [HB4540 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4540-Engrossed.html
HB-4540, As Passed House, December 17, 2009
HOUSE BILL No. 4540
March 10, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Liss, Haase, Switalski, Durhal, Miller, Roberts, Lisa Brown, Haugh, Slavens, Bledsoe, Gregory, Hammel, Kennedy, Spade, Lipton, Polidori, Scripps, Warren, Smith, Bauer, Donigan, Tlaib, Nathan, Cushingberry, Constan, Byrnes, Meadows, Byrum, Simpson, Barnett, Huckleberry, Ebli, Geiss, Young, Segal, Robert Jones, Leland and Bettie Scott and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 509w and 509x (MCL 168.509w and 168.509x), as
added by 1994 PA 441.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 509w. (1) The person processing an application submitted
in person at a department of state office, a designated voter
registration agency, or the office of a county clerk shall do all
of the following:
(a) Validate the application in the manner prescribed by the
secretary of state.
(b) Issue a receipt to the applicant verifying the acceptance
of the application.
(2) The person processing an application submitted
electronically pursuant to section 509v shall do all of the
following:
(a) Validate the application in the manner prescribed by the
secretary of state.
(b) Issue a receipt to the applicant in the manner prescribed
by the secretary of state verifying the acceptance of the
application.
(3) (2)
Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (3) (4),
the department of state office, the designated voter registration
agency, or the county clerk shall transmit the application not
later than 7 days after receipt of the application to the clerk of
the county, city, or township where the applicant resides.
(4) (3)
If an application under subsection
(1) or (2) is made
within 7 days before the close of registration for a federal
election, the department of state office, the designated voter
registration agency, or the county clerk shall transmit the
application not later than 1 business day to the clerk of the
county, city, or township where the applicant resides.
(5) (4)
If a completed application is
transmitted by the
secretary of state or a designated voter registration agency to a
county clerk, the secretary of state, to the extent funds are
appropriated, shall compensate the county clerk for the cost of
forwarding the application to the proper city or township clerk of
the applicant's residence from funds appropriated to the secretary
of state for that purpose.
Sec.
509x. An application for registration is considered to be
received
on or before the close of registration, if 1 of the
following requirements is met:
(a) An application is received at a department of state
office, a designated voter registration agency, or the office of a
county, city, or township clerk on or before the close of
registration.
(b) An application is received through the mail that is
postmarked on or before the close of registration.
(c) An application is received through the mail on or before
the seventh day immediately following the close of registration, if
the postmark is missing or is unclear and the application, on its
face, is dated by the applicant on or before the close of
registration. The clerk shall consider an application received
pursuant to this subdivision as received before the close of
registration.
(d) An application is received electronically pursuant to
section 509v on or before the close of registration.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4539(request no.
00854'09) of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.
