Bill Text: MI HB5581 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; voters; definition of identification for election purposes; expand to include current concealed pistol license. Amends sec. 2 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.2).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-10 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/10/2020 [HB5581 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5581-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5581
March 05, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Whitsett,
Steven Johnson, Gay-Dagnogo, Byrd, Yancey, Garrett, Tyrone Carter, Garza,
Kennedy, Brenda Carter, Robinson, Haadsma, Peterson, Elder, Cambensy,
Chirkun, Hoadley, Paquette, Bolden, Bellino, Vaupel, Crawford, Rendon,
LaFave, Markkanen, Green, Alexander, Wozniak, Inman, Schroeder, Tate,
Allor, Meerman and Jones and referred to the Committee on Elections and
Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 168.2), as amended by 2018 PA 603.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
(a) "Absent
voter" is a voter who utilizes the process described in section 759.
(b) "Absent voter
ballot" means a ballot that is issued to a voter through the absentee
voter process.
(c) "Ballot
container" is defined in section 14a.
(d) "Business
day" or "secular day" means a day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday, or legal holiday.
(e) "Clearly
observable boundaries" is defined in section 654a.
(f) "Common
carrier" means a company that transports mail, on reasonable request, on
regular routes and at set rates.
(g) "Election"
means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of
a subdivision of this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for
public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted to them.
(h) "Election
precinct" is defined in section 654.
(i) "Fall"
state and county conventions and "spring" state and county
conventions are assigned meanings in section 596.
(j) "General
election" or "general November election" means the election held
on the November regular election date in an even numbered year.
(k) "Identification
for election purposes" means, if issued to the individual presenting the
card or document and if presented for voting purposes the name on the card or
document sufficiently matches the individual's name in his or her voter registration
record so as to accurately identify the individual as the registered elector,
or if issued to the individual presenting the card or document and if presented
for voter registration purposes, any of the following:
(i) An 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.
(ii) An official state
personal identification card issued under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300, or
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.
(iii) A current
operator's or chauffeur's license issued by another state.
(iv) A current state
personal identification card issued by another state.
(v) A current state
government issued photo identification card.
(vi) A current United
States passport or federal government issued photo identification card.
(vii) A current
military photo identification card.
(viii) A current tribal
photo identification card.
(ix) A current student
photo identification card issued by a high school in this state, an institution
of higher education in this state described in section 4, 5, or 6 of article
VIII of the state constitution of 1963, a junior college or community college
established under section 7 of article VIII of the state constitution of 1963,
or another accredited degree or certificate granting college or university,
junior college, or community college located in this state.
(x) A current concealed pistol license
issued under 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421 to 28.435.
(l) "Immediate
family" means an individual's father, mother, son, daughter, brother,
sister, and spouse and a relative of any degree residing in the same household
as that individual.
