Bill Text: MI HB5208 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Elections; petitions; procedure for removal of name and signature from a ballot question or recall petition; create. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding secs. 473a & 960a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-12-13 - Referred To Committee On Elections And Government Reform [HB5208 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5208-Engrossed.html
HB-5208, As Passed House, December 12, 2018
HOUSE BILL No. 5208
November 1, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Moss, Greig, Neeley, Hertel, Gay-Dagnogo, Faris, Sowerby, Wittenberg, Geiss, Pagan, Elder, Ellison, Chang, Sabo, Yaroch, Lasinski, Howrylak, Clemente, Rabhi, Love, Hammoud and Zemke and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding sections 473a and 960a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 473a. (1) If an elector signs a ballot question petition
proposing a constitutional amendment, initiation of legislation, or
referendum of legislation, and that elector wants to have his or
her name and signature removed from the ballot question petition,
the elector shall, before the ballot question petition is filed
with the secretary of state, submit to the secretary of state a
signed, written statement requesting that his or her name and
signature be removed from the ballot question petition.
(2) If the secretary of state receives a signed, written
statement from an elector as provided in subsection (1), the
secretary of state shall immediately remove the name and signature
of that elector from the ballot question petition when the ballot
question petition is filed. In addition, the name and signature of
that elector must not be used to determine if the ballot question
petition was signed by the requisite number of qualified and
registered electors.
Sec. 960a. (1) If an elector signs a recall petition, and that
elector wants to have his or her name and signature removed from
the recall petition, the elector shall, before the recall petition
is filed with the filing official under section 959 or 960, submit
to the filing official a signed, written statement requesting that
his or her name and signature be removed from the recall petition.
(2) If the filing official under section 959 or 960 receives a
signed, written statement from an elector as provided in subsection
(1), the filing official shall immediately remove the name and
signature of that elector from the recall petition when the recall
petition is filed. In addition, the name and signature of that
elector must not be used to determine if the recall petition was
signed by the requisite number of qualified and registered
electors.