HOUSE BILL No. 4803


     May 20, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Quarles, Wallace, DeHart, Thomas, Rison, Martinez, Anthony, Voorhees, Kaza, Hale, Leland, Baird, Goschka, Bogardus, Griffin, Freeman, LaForge, Kelly, Hanley, Profit, Gubow and Wetters and referred to the Committee on Local Government.


        A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

   "Michigan election law,"

   by amending section 509t (MCL 168.509t), as added by 1994 PA

   441.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 509t.  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law

 2    to the contrary, a person who is a qualified elector in this

 3    state and who registers to vote in a manner consistent with the

 4    national voter registration act of 1993, is considered a regis-

 5    tered voter under this act.

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

 7    state by mail shall vote in person if that person has not previ-

 8    ously voted in person in that jurisdiction.  This subsection does

 9    not apply to any of the following registered voters:




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

 2    uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act, Public Law

 3    99-410, 100 Stat. 924.

 4         (b) A person who has a handicap as defined in section 103 of

 5    the Michigan handicappers' civil rights act,  Act No. 220 of the

 6     Public Acts of 1976, being section 37.1103 of the Michigan

 7     Compiled Laws, or  1976 PA 220, MCL 37.1103.

 8         (C) A PERSON who is 60 years of age or older.

 9         (D) A PERSON WHO IS ENROLLED AS A FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME

10    STUDENT AT A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OUTSIDE OF THE JURISDICTION IN

11    WHICH THE STUDENT IS REGISTERED TO VOTE.

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

13    person under any other federal law.

14         (3) This section does not preclude this state from prosecut-

15    ing a violation of this act that is also a violation of any fed-

16    eral election or voting rights law.

























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