Bill Text: MI SB0949 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; election officials; elected or appointed official's name and title on ballot-related materials; allow under certain circumstances. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992); adds sec. 761b & repeals sec. 931a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.931a).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-17 - Referred To Committee On Elections And Government Reform [SB0949 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0949-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 949
April 17, 2018, Introduced by Senator MARLEAU and referred to the Committee on Elections and Government Reform.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 761b; and to repeal acts
and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 761b. (1) The name or title, or both, of an elected or
appointed official of this state or a political subdivision of this
state may appear on any ballot-related material that is provided to
an elector if both of the following requirements are met:
(a) The name or title, or both, of the elected or appointed
official is printed in the same point type, font, and color as the
return address on an absent voter ballot return envelope.
(b) A picture or other representation of the elected or
appointed official does not appear on the ballot-related material.
(2) As used in this section, "ballot-related material"
includes any of the following:
(a) Any material provided to an elector with an absent voter
ballot.
(b) Absent voter ballot instructions.
(c) An envelope used to mail an elector an absent voter ballot
or any other ballot material.
(d) An absent voter ballot return envelope.
Enacting section 1. Section 931a of the Michigan election law,
1954 PA 116, MCL 168.931a, is repealed.
