Bill Text: MI HB5548 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Elections; registration; online voter registration; allow. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 509ii. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5549'18
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-11-08 - Referred To Committee On Elections And Government Reform [HB5548 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB5548-Engrossed.html
HB-5548, As Passed House, September 26, 2018
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5548
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 509ii.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 509ii. (1) The secretary of state shall develop and
maintain an electronic voter registration interface to allow an
applicant to submit a voter registration application electronically
through the secretary of state's website. The electronic voter
registration interface must do all of the following:
(a) Transmit the application to the qualified voter file.
(b) Interact with the state operator's or chauffeur's license
file, enhanced driver license file, official state personal
identification card file, and enhanced state personal
identification card file for authentication purposes.
(c) Authenticate the identity of an applicant under a process
developed by the secretary of state that includes, but is not
limited to, verifying all of the following:
(i) The last 4 digits of the applicant's social security
number.
(ii) The applicant's operator's or chauffeur's license number,
enhanced driver license number, official state personal
identification card number, or enhanced official state personal
identification card number.
(iii) The applicant's full name as printed on his or her
operator's or chauffeur's license, enhanced driver license,
official state personal identification card, or enhanced official
state personal identification card.
(iv) The applicant's date of birth.
(v) The applicant's eye color as printed on his or her
operator's or chauffeur's license, enhanced driver license,
official state personal identification card, or enhanced official
state personal identification card.
(d) Require the applicant's assent to submit a voter
registration application electronically and require the applicant's
assent to use 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, section 5
of the enhanced driver license and enhanced official state personal
identification card act, 2008 PA 23, MCL 28.305, or 1972 PA 222,
MCL 28.291 to 28.300.
(e) Issue a receipt to the applicant in the manner prescribed
by the secretary of state.
(f) Utilize additional security features considered
appropriate by the secretary of state or the department of
technology, management, and budget to prevent unauthorized access
to data or information, or to ensure that a person attempting to
use the electronic voter registration interface is an individual.
(2) The secretary of state shall develop an electronic voter
registration application that includes all of the same information
as provided on the mail registration form developed by the
secretary of state under section 509n(a), and also includes the
notice required under section 307(1)(c) of the Michigan vehicle
code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.307.
(3) Only an individual who possesses both of the following is
eligible to submit an electronic voter registration application:
(a) The qualifications of an elector as provided in section
492.
(b) A valid official state personal identification card issued
under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300, an enhanced official state
personal identification card issued under the enhanced driver
license and enhanced official state personal identification card
act, 2008 PA 23, MCL 28.301 to 28.308, a valid operator's or
chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA
300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, or an enhanced driver license issued
under the enhanced driver license and enhanced official state
personal identification card act, 2008 PA 23, MCL 28.301 to 28.308.
(4) If an elector utilizes the electronic voter registration
interface to indicate a change of address, the state bureau of
elections shall send a confirmation notice to the elector's
previous address.
(5) An individual is not permitted to use the electronic voter
registration interface if the individual meets any of the following
conditions:
(a) The individual ordered a duplicate of an operator's or
chauffeur's license, an enhanced driver license, an official state
personal identification card, or an enhanced official state
personal identification card the same day as submitting an
electronic voter registration application.
(b) The individual submitted a change of address for an
operator's or chauffeur's license, an enhanced driver license, an
official state personal identification card, or an enhanced
official state personal identification card within the 10 days
before submitting an electronic voter registration application.
(c) The individual has an expired operator's or chauffeur's
license, an expired enhanced driver license, an expired official
state personal identification card, or an expired enhanced official
state personal identification card.
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 House Bill No. 5549 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into
law.
