May 24, 2005, Introduced by Senators VAN WOERKOM, KUIPERS, PATTERSON, HARDIMAN and SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 968 (MCL 168.968), as amended by 1989 PA 26.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 968. (1) If a petition is filed under section 960, the
board of county canvassers in the county where the petition is
filed shall conduct the canvass of the recall election. The canvass
of other recall elections shall be by the board of state
canvassers. If a board of canvassers determines that a majority of
the votes are in favor of recall, the board of canvassers
immediately upon the determination shall certify the result to the
officer with whom the recall petition was filed. Upon
certification, the office is vacant. The officer with whom the
recall petition was filed shall, immediately upon receipt of the
certification, notify the clerk or secretary of the electoral
district or, if the electoral district is a district library
district, the district library board from which the official was
recalled and the recalled official of the results of the recall
election and the date and time of the certification.
(2) If the officer whose recall is sought is an officer of a
county, city, village, township, or school district, the board of
canvassers shall not certify as provided in subsection (1) unless
the majority of votes is in favor of recall and that majority
totals at least 1 vote more than the votes cast for the officer
whose recall is sought at the election at which the officer was
elected for that term.