March 10, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Liss, Haase, Switalski, Durhal, Miller, Roberts, Lisa Brown, Haugh, Slavens, Bledsoe, Gregory, Hammel, Kennedy, Spade, Lipton, Polidori, Scripps, Warren, Smith, Bauer, Donigan, Tlaib, Nathan, Cushingberry, Constan, Byrnes, Meadows, Byrum, Simpson, Barnett, Huckleberry, Ebli, Geiss, Young, Segal, Robert Jones, Leland and Bettie Scott and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 509v (MCL 168.509v), as added by 1994 PA 441.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 509v. (1) A person who is not registered to vote at the
address where he or she resides may apply to register to vote by
submitting an application at any of the following locations:
(a) The office of the clerk of a county or the office of the
clerk of the city or township in which the applicant resides,
during regular office hours of that clerk.
(b) A department of state office.
(c) A designated voter registration agency when submitting an
application, recertification, renewal, or change of address at the
voter registration agency.
(2) A person who is not registered to vote at the address
where he or she resides may apply for registration by submitting a
completed mail registration application. A person may request a
mail registration application from and submit the application to
any of the following:
(a) The secretary of state.
(b) The clerk of the county, city, or township in which the
applicant resides.
(c) A designated voter registration agency.
(3) Not later than December 31, 2009, the secretary of state
shall develop and implement a system to allow an applicant to
submit a voter registration application electronically on the
secretary of state's website.
(4) Beginning January 1, 2010, a person who is not registered
to vote at the address where he or she resides may submit a voter
registration application electronically on the secretary of state's
website.
(5) A person who submits a voter registration application
electronically pursuant to subsection (4) shall do all of the
following:
(a) Attest to the truth of the information provided on the
voter registration application by affirmatively accepting the
information as true.
(b) Affirmatively assent to the use of his or her most recent
digitized signature if captured or reproduced by the secretary of
state pursuant to section 307 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA
300, MCL 257.307, or if captured or reproduced by the secretary of
state pursuant to 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300.
(c) Sign the voter registration application with an electronic
signature. As used in this subdivision, "electronic signature"
means that term as defined in section 2 of the uniform electronic
transactions act, 2000 PA 305, 450.832.
(6) If a person who submits a voter registration application
electronically does not have an official state identification card
issued pursuant to 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300, or an
operator's or chauffeur's license issued pursuant to the Michigan
vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, the voter
registration application submitted electronically by that person
shall be considered a registration by mail and that person shall
comply with the requirements in section 509t.
(7) The secretary of state may implement additional security
measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the voter
registrations submitted electronically.
(8) The secretary of state shall promulgate rules pursuant to
the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201
to 24.328, to implement the provisions of subsections (3) to (7).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4540(request no.
01849'09) of the 95th Legislature is enacted into law.