HB-5646, As Passed House, April 19, 2018

HB-5646, As Passed Senate, April 18, 2018

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5646

     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 , or township , or village registration

files shall must 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 an individual 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, or township , or village clerk shall not

place a name of an individual into the qualified voter file unless

that person individual signs an application as prescribed in

section 509r(3). The secretary of state or a designated voter

registration agency shall not allow a person an individual 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) The secretary of state shall develop and utilize a process

by which information obtained through the United States Social

Security Administration's death master file that is used to cancel

an operator's or chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan

vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, or an official

state personal identification card issued under 1972 PA 222, MCL

28.291 to 28.300, of a deceased resident of this state is also used

at least once a month to update the qualified voter file to cancel

the voter registration of any elector determined to be deceased.

The secretary of state shall make the canceled voter registration

information under this subsection available to the clerk of each

city or township to assist with the clerk's obligations under

section 510.

     (5) Subject to this subsection, the secretary of state shall

participate with other states in 1 or more recognized multistate

programs or services, if available, to assist in the verification

of the current residence and voter registration status of electors.

The secretary of state shall not participate in any recognized

multistate program or service described in this subsection that

requires this state to promote or adopt legislation as a condition

of participation in that program or service. In addition, the

secretary of state shall not participate in any recognized

multistate program or service described in this subsection if the

secretary of state determines that data of that program or service

are not being adequately secured or protected. The secretary of

state shall follow the procedures under section 509aa(5) with

regard to any electors affected by information obtained through any

multistate program or service.