Bill Text: MI SB0303 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Elections: voting procedures; provisional ballot process; modify, require providing identification to obtain an absent voter ballot, prohibit the sending of unsolicited absent voter ballot applications to electors, and require elections to be funded with public money. Amends secs. 495, 523, 759, 759a, 759b, 761, 764b, 813 & 829 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.495 et seq.) & adds secs. 760a & 946.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2021-11-02 - Postponed For The Day [SB0303 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0303-Engrossed.html
HOUSE Substitute For
SENATE BILL NO. 303
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 523 (MCL 168.523), as amended by 2018 PA 129.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 523. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), at At each election, before being given a ballot, each registered elector offering to vote must identify himself or herself by presenting identification for election purposes, and by executing an application, on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, in the presence of an election official that includes all of the following:
(a) The name of the elector.
(b) The elector's address of residence.
(c) The elector's date of birth.
(d) An affirmative statement by the elector that is included in the signature statement indicating that he or she is a citizen of the United States.
(e) The elector's signature or mark.
(2) If an An elector's digitized signature contained in the qualified voter file is available must be included in the electronic poll book used in the polling place. , the The election official shall must compare the signature upon on the application with the elector's digitized signature provided by the qualified voter file. in the electronic poll book.
(3) If an elector's signature is not contained in the qualified voter file, electronic poll book, the election official shall process the application in the same manner as applications are processed when a voter registration list is used in the polling place. If voter registration lists are used in the precinct, the election inspector shall determine if the name on the application to vote appears on the voter registration list. If the name appears on the voter registration list, the elector shall provide further identification or other information stated upon on the voter registration list. If the signature or an item of information does not correspond, the vote of the person individual must be challenged, and the same procedure must be followed as provided in this act for the challenging of an elector.
(4) If the elector does not have identification for election purposes as required under this section or the elector's signature on the application does not match the elector's digitized signature contained in the electronic poll book, the individual shall sign an affidavit to that effect before an election inspector and be allowed to vote as otherwise provided in this act. However, an elector being allowed to vote without identification for election purposes as required under this section is subject to challenge as provided in section 727.must be issued a provisional ballot that is processed according to section 523a(5).
(5) (3) If, upon on a comparison of the digitized signature or and other identification as required in this section, it is found that the applicant is entitled to vote, the election officer having charge of the registration list shall approve the application and write his or her initials on the application, after which the number on the ballot issued must be noted on the application. The application serves as 1 of the 2 poll lists required to be kept as a record of a person an individual who has voted. The application must be filed with the township , or city , or village clerk. If voter registration cards are used in the precinct, the date of the election must be noted by 1 of the election officials upon the precinct registration card of each elector voting at an election. If voter registration lists are used in the precinct, the election official shall clearly indicate upon on the list each elector voting at that election. The clerk of a city , village, or township shall must maintain a record of voting participation for each registered elector.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 304 of the 101st Legislature is enacted into law.
