Bill Text: MI SB0476 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Elections; absent voters; absent voter ballot; allow first-time voters to utilize. Amends sec. 509t of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.509t).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - Referred To Committee On Local Government And Elections [SB0476 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB0476-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 476

 

 

June 16, 2011, Introduced by Senators WARREN, BIEDA, HOPGOOD and JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Elections.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

by amending section 509t (MCL 168.509t), as amended by 2004 PA 92.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 509t. (1) Notwithstanding another provision of law to the

 

contrary, a person who is a qualified elector in this state and who

 

registers to vote in a manner consistent with the national voter

 

registration act of 1993 is considered a registered voter under

 

this act.

 

     (2) A person who registers to vote in a jurisdiction in this

 

state by mail shall vote in person and shall provide identification

 

as required under section 303(b) of the help America vote act of

 

2002, 42 USC 15483, if that person has not previously voted in

 

person in this state. This subsection does not apply to any of the

 

following registered voters:

 

     (a) A person entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the

 

uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act.

 

     (b) A person who has with a disability as defined in section

 

103 of the persons with disabilities civil rights act, 1976 PA 220,

 

MCL 37.1103. , or, for purposes of voting in person only, a person

 

who is 60 years of age or older.

 

     (c) A person who is entitled to vote other than in person

 

under any other federal law.

 

     (d) As to the requirement to vote in person only, any other

 

person who is entitled to vote as an absent voter as defined under

 

section 758.

 

     (3) This section does not preclude this state from prosecuting

 

a violation of this act that is also a violation of a federal

 

election or voting rights law.