Bill Text: MI HB5812 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections; other; appropriation for voting equipment to implement the elimination of straight-party ticket voting; remove. Amends sec. 795c of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.795c).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-09-08 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/07/2016 [HB5812 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-HB5812-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5812

 

 

September 7, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Howrylak and referred to the Committee on Elections.

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

by amending section 795c (MCL 168.795c), as amended by 2015 PA 268.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 795c. (1) The different parts of the ballot, such as

 

partisan, nonpartisan, and questions, shall be prominently

 

indicated on the ballot label, and, if practicable, each part may

 

be placed on a separate page, column, or display. If 2 or more

 

elections are held on the same day, the ballot label shall be

 

clearly marked to indicate the ballot for each election. In

 

partisan elections, the ballot label shall not include a position

 

by which a voter may by a single selection record a straight party

 

ticket vote for all the candidates of 1 party.

 

     (2) For the 2015-2016 fiscal year, $5,000,000.00 is

 

appropriated from the general fund to the department of state to

 

purchase voting equipment to implement the elimination of straight

 

party ticket voting.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.