Bill Text: MI HB5208 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed

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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

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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.