March 4, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Kesto, Lyons, Lauwers, Heise, Leutheuser and Jacobsen and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 970e (MCL 168.970e), as added by 2012 PA 417.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 970e. Subject to section 970b, the candidate of each
political party receiving the greatest number of votes cast for
candidates at the recall primary election as set forth in the
report of the board of state canvassers, based on the returns from
the various election precincts, shall be declared the nominee of
that political party at the recall general election to be held on
the
next February May regular election date or the next August
regular election date, whichever occurs first. In addition, except
as otherwise provided in this section, a candidate without a
political party affiliation may qualify for the recall general
election by filing a qualifying petition with the officer with whom
the recall petitions were filed that contains 10% of the number of
signatures required under section 544f within 10 days after the
recall general election is scheduled. An individual who was an
unsuccessful candidate in the recall primary election may not
subsequently file a qualifying petition as a candidate without a
political party affiliation for the recall general election.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
01310'15).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
01311'15).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
01312'15).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
01313'15).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
01314'15).
(f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
01316'15).