Bill Text: MI HB5119 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Elections; election officials; jurisdiction in which a precinct election inspector may serve; expand. Amends sec. 677 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.677).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-06 - Assigned Pa 157'12 With Immediate Effect [HB5119 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5119-Chaptered.html
Act No. 157
Public Acts of 2012
Approved by the Governor
June 5, 2012
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 5, 2012
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 5, 2012
STATE OF MICHIGAN
96TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2012
Introduced by Reps. Outman and McBroom
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5119
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 677 (MCL 168.677), as amended by 1997 PA 158.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 677. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), a precinct election inspector shall be a qualified and registered elector of this state, shall have a good reputation, and shall have sufficient education and clerical ability to perform the duties of the office. A person shall not be appointed to a board of election inspectors unless the person has filed an application with a city, township, or village clerk in that county where the individual wishes to serve as election inspector.
(2) The application shall be in his or her own handwriting and shall contain the applicant’s name, home address, ward and precinct registration if any, date of birth, political party affiliation, education, employment, and other experience qualifications. The application shall provide a certification that the applicant is not a member or a known active advocate, as that term is defined in section 674, of a political party other than the one entered on the application. The form of the application under this section shall be approved by the state director of elections. The clerk shall maintain a file of applications filed under this section and make the applications available for public inspection at the clerk’s office during normal business hours.
(3) A person shall not be knowingly appointed or permitted to act as a precinct election inspector if the person or any member of his or her immediate family is a candidate for nomination or election to any office at the election or who has been convicted of a felony or election crime. A person shall not be permitted to act as an election inspector if he or she has failed to attend a school of instruction or failed to take an examination as provided in section 683. This section does not prohibit the candidate for or delegate to a political party convention from acting as an election inspector in a precinct other than the precinct in which he or she resides. An election shall not be invalidated merely because of the violation of the provisions of this section.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subject to subsection (5), a person who is 16 or 17 years of age may be appointed to a board of election inspectors. Before a person may be appointed under this subsection, the first 3 members of the board required to be appointed under section 672 must meet the requirements of subsections (1) to (3). A person who is appointed under this subsection must meet the requirements of subsections (1) to (3) other than being a qualified and registered elector of this state. A person who is appointed under this subsection is not eligible to be designated as chairperson of the board under section 674.
(5) If a person seeking appointment to a board of election inspectors under subsection (4) is attending a K-12 school and if an election falls on a school day, the person shall provide to the clerk, along with the application filed under subsections (1) and (2), a written document from his or her school specifically acknowledging that person’s application for appointment to the board of election inspectors and specifically excusing that person from school on the date of service, if the appointment is made.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
