Bill Text: MI HB5263 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; registration; electronic submission of voter registration application on secretary of state's website; allow. Amends sec. 509v of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.509v). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5262'17, HB 5264'17
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-29 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/28/2017 [HB5263 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5263-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5263
November 28, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Wittenberg, Moss, Sowerby, Chang, Pagan, Gay-Dagnogo and Hammoud and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 509v (MCL 168.509v), as added by 1994 PA 441.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 509v. (1) A person who is not registered to vote at the
address where he or she resides may apply to register to vote by
submitting an application at any of the following locations:
(a) The office of the clerk of a county or the office of the
clerk of the city or township in which the applicant resides,
during regular office hours of that clerk.
(b) A department of state office.
(c) A designated voter registration agency when submitting an
application, recertification, renewal, or change of address at the
voter registration agency.
(2) A person who is not registered to vote at the address
where he or she resides may apply for registration by submitting a
completed mail registration application. A person may request a
mail registration application from and submit the application to
any of the following:
(a) The secretary of state.
(b) The clerk of the county, city, or township in which the
applicant resides.
(c) A designated voter registration agency.
(3) Not later than August 31, 2017, the secretary of state
shall develop and implement a system to allow an applicant to
submit a voter registration application electronically on the
secretary of state's website.
(4) Beginning September 1, 2017, a person who is not
registered to vote at the address where he or she resides may
submit a voter registration application electronically on the
secretary of state's website.
(5) A person who submits a voter registration application
electronically under subsection (4) shall do all of the following:
(a) Attest to the truth of the information provided on the
voter registration application by affirmatively accepting the
information as true.
(b) Affirmatively assent to the use of his or her most recent
digitized signature if captured or reproduced by the secretary of
state under section 307 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300,
MCL 257.307, or if captured or reproduced by the secretary of state
under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300.
(c) Sign the voter registration application with an electronic
signature. As used in this subdivision, "electronic signature"
means that term as defined in section 2 of the uniform electronic
transactions act, 2000 PA 305, MCL 450.832.
(6) If a person who submits a voter registration application
electronically does not have an official state personal
identification card issued under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300,
or an operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan
vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, the voter
registration application submitted electronically by that person is
considered a registration by mail and that person shall comply with
the requirements in section 509t.
(7) The secretary of state may implement additional security
measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the voter
registrations submitted electronically.
(8) The secretary of state shall promulgate rules under the
administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to
24.328, to implement the provisions of subsections (3) to (7).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5264 (request no.
01886'17).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5262 (request no.
01937'17).
