March 13, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Warren, Bauer, Melton, Coulouris, Meadows, Miller, Meisner, Angerer, Alma Smith, Vagnozzi, Mayes, Robert Jones, Leland, Tobocman, Valentine, Ebli, Gillard, Kathleen Law, Virgil Smith, Jackson, Condino, Bennett and Polidori and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 509o (MCL 168.509o), as added by 1994 PA 441.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 509o. (1) The secretary of state shall direct and
supervise the establishment and maintenance of a statewide
qualified voter file. The secretary of state shall establish the
technology to implement the qualified voter file on or before
January
1, 1997. The qualified voter file shall be is the
official
file for the conduct of all elections held in this state on or
after January 1, 1998. The secretary of state may direct that all
or any part of the city, township, or village registration files
shall be used in conjunction with the qualified voter file at the
first state primary and election held after the creation of the
qualified voter file.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, beginning January 1, 1998, a person who appears to vote
in an election and whose name appears in the qualified voter file
for that city, township, village, or school district is considered
a registered voter of that city, township, village, or school
district under this act.
(3) The secretary of state, a designated voter registration
agency, or a county, city, township, or village clerk shall not
place a name of an individual into the qualified voter file unless
that person signs an application as prescribed in section 509r(3).
The
Except as provided in
subsection (4), the secretary of state
or
a designated voter registration agency shall not allow a person to
indicate a different address than the address in either the
secretary of state's or designated voter registration agency's
files to be placed in the qualified voter file.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, an individual may change the residence address on his or
her operator's or chauffeur's license issued pursuant to the
Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, or
official state personal identification card issued pursuant to 1972
PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300, without changing his or her address
for purposes of the qualified voter file or may change his or her
address on the qualified voter file without changing the residence
address on his or her operator's or chauffeur's license issued
pursuant to the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to
257.923, or official state personal identification card issued
pursuant to 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300.