Bill Text: MI HB6425 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; ballots; order of candidates and proposals on the ballot; revise. Amends secs. 697 & 699 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.697 & 168.699); adds sec. 696a & repeals sec. 706 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.706).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-10-04 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 10/03/2018 [HB6425 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB6425-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 6425
October 3, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Yanez, Pagan and Hertel and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 697 and 699 (MCL 168.697 and 168.699), section
699 as amended by 2012 PA 523, and by adding section 696a; and to
repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 696a. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if any
proposals qualify to be placed on the ballot, the proposals must be
placed at the top of the ballot in substantially the following
order:
(a) Local proposals.
(b) Countywide proposals.
(c) Statewide proposals.
Sec. 697. At the general November election, the names of the
several
partisan offices to be voted for shall must be placed on
the ballot following the names of the several nonpartisan offices
listed in section 699 and must be placed on the ballot
substantially in the following order in the years in which
elections
for such those offices are held: Electors of president
and
vice-president of the United States; governor and lieutenant
governor;
secretary of state; attorney general; United States
senator;
representative in congress; senator and representative in
the
state legislature; members of the state board of education;
regents
of the university of Michigan; trustees of Michigan state
university;
governors of Wayne state university; county executive;
prosecuting
attorney; sheriff; clerk; treasurer; register of deeds;
auditor
in counties electing an auditor; mine inspector in counties
electing
a mine inspector; county road commissioners; drain
commissioners;
coroners; and surveyor. The following township
officers
shall be placed on the same ballot as above described in
substantially
the following order in the year in which elections
for
such offices are held: supervisor, clerk, treasurer, trustees,
and
constables.
(a) Township officers in substantially the following order:
(i) Supervisor.
(ii) Clerk.
(iii) Treasurer.
(iv) Trustees.
(v) Constables.
(b) County officers in substantially the following order:
(i) County executive.
(ii) Prosecuting attorney.
(iii) Sheriff.
(iv) Clerk.
(v) Treasurer.
(vi) Register of deeds.
(vii) Auditor.
(viii) Mine inspector.
(ix) Road commissioners.
(x) Drain commissioners.
(xi) Coroner.
(xii) Surveyor.
(c) Regents of the University of Michigan.
(d) Trustees of Michigan State University.
(e) Governors of Wayne State University.
(f) Members of the state board of education.
(g) Senator and representative in the state legislature.
(h) Governor and lieutenant governor.
(i) Secretary of state.
(j) Attorney general.
(k) United States Senator.
(l) Representative in congress.
(m) Electors of President and Vice President of the United
States.
Sec. 699. At any regular election, the names of the several
nonpartisan
offices to be voted for shall must
be placed on the
ballot directly below any proposals that qualify to be placed on
the
ballot under section 696a and must be
placed on a separate
portion of the ballot containing no party designation in the
following order in the years in which elections for those offices
are
held: justices of the supreme court,
judges of the court of
appeals,
judges of the circuit court, judges of the probate court,
judges
of the district court, community college board of trustees
member,
intermediate school district board member, city officers,
the
following village officers in substantially the following order
in
the year in which elections for the offices are held: president,
clerk,
treasurer, and trustees, and in a year in which an election
for
the office is held, local school district board member,
metropolitan
district officer, and district library board member.
(a) Judges of the district court.
(b) Judges of the probate court.
(c) Judges of the circuit court.
(d) Judges of the court of appeals.
(e) Justices of the supreme court.
(f) District library board member.
(g) Metropolitan district officer.
(h) Local school district board member.
(i) Village officers in substantially the following order:
(i) President.
(ii) Clerk.
(iii) Treasurer.
(iv) Trustees.
(j) City officers.
(k) Intermediate school district board member.
(l) Community college board of trustees member.
Enacting section 1. Section 706 of the Michigan election law,
1954 PA 116, MCL 168.706, is repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
