March 5, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Schor and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 491, 507a, and 507b (MCL 168.491, 168.507a,
and 168.507b), sections 491 and 507a as amended and section 507b as
added by 1989 PA 142.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
491. The Except as
otherwise provided in section 523a,
the inspectors of election at an election or primary election in
this state, or in a district, county, township, city, or village in
this state, shall not receive the vote of a person whose name is
not registered in the registration book or listed on the computer
voter registration precinct list of the township, ward, or precinct
in
which he or she offers to vote. unless the person has met the
requirements
of section 507b.
Sec.
507a. (1) A registered and qualified elector of this
state
who has moved from the township or city of a county in which
he
or she is registered to another township or city of a different
county
within the state after the sixtieth day before an election
or
primary election shall be permitted to vote in the election or
primary
election at the place of last registration upon the signing
of
a form containing an affidavit stating that the move has taken
place.
This subsection shall apply if the county in which the
elector
is registered has implemented the county file as the
official
file pursuant to section 509e.
(1) (2)
A registered and qualified elector
of this state who
has
moved moves from the city or township in which he or she is
registered
to another city or township within the this state after
the
sixtieth day before an election or primary election shall be
permitted
to may vote in the election or primary election at the
place of last registration upon the signing of a form containing an
affidavit
stating that the move has taken place. This subsection
shall
apply if the county in which the elector is registered has
not
implemented the county file as the official file pursuant to
section
509e.
(2) (3)
The form or forms required by this
section shall be
approved by the secretary of state and shall state that the move
has
taken place. and shall authorize the clerk of the city or
township
to cancel the voter's registration. Within 10 days after
receiving a signed form as described in subsection (1), the clerk
of the city or township shall forward a copy of the signed form to
the clerk of the city or township where the elector has moved, and
the clerk of the city or township where the elector has moved shall
transfer the elector's voter registration to the elector's new city
or township effective the day after the election. A voter coming
under
this section shall be permitted to may vote either in person
or by absentee ballot.
Sec. 507b. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
registered
and qualified elector who has moved moves from the
township or city of a county in which the elector is registered to
another township or city within the same county after the sixtieth
day before an election and who has not registered in that township
or
city by the close of registration for an election shall be
permitted
to may register after the close of registration and to
vote at the election if all of the following occur:
(a) The elector applies for registration in person and
executes the registration affidavit before the clerk or the clerk's
agent of the township or city in which the elector resides.
(b) The elector provides proof of identification sufficient to
satisfy the township or city clerk as to the identity and residence
of the elector.
(c) The township or city clerk determines to his or her
satisfaction that the elector is presently registered in another
township or city of the same county.
(2) At the discretion of the township or city clerk, an
elector meeting the requirements under subsection (1) shall vote at
the office of the clerk on or before election day or at the
election precinct in which the elector resides on election day. If
the elector is required to vote at the office of the clerk, the
elector may vote by absentee ballot.
(3)
This section shall take effect January 1, 1994 or the date
when
a county implements the county file as the official file
pursuant
to section 509e, whichever is later.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.