February 27, 2018, Introduced by Rep. Calley and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
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 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 who appears to vote
in an election and whose name appears in the qualified voter file
for
that city , or
township , village, or school
district is
considered
a registered voter of that city , or
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 signs an application as prescribed in section 509r(3).
The secretary of state or a designated voter registration agency
shall not allow a person 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. 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.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.