September 11, 2012, Introduced by Reps. Smiley, Brunner, Tlaib, Hovey-Wright, Townsend, Hobbs, McCann, Ananich, Rutledge, Stanley, Lipton, Slavens, Switalski, Constan, Darany, Byrum, Lindberg, Bauer, Segal, Geiss, Nathan and Brown and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, by amending section 7 of article IV, to
require that each candidate for state senator or state
representative be an elector of the district he or she will
represent for at least 60 days prior to the filing deadline.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state
constitution of 1963, to require that each candidate for state
senator or state representative be an elector of the district he or
she will represent for at least 60 days prior to the filing
deadline, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of
the state:
ARTICLE IV
Sec. 7. Each senator and representative must be a citizen of
the United States, at least 21 years of age, and an elector of the
district he or she represents. In addition, each candidate for
senator or representative must be an elector of the district he or
she represents for at least 60 days prior to the filing deadline.
The
removal of his or her domicile from the district shall be is
deemed
a vacation of the office. No A
person who has been convicted
of subversion or who has within the preceding 20 years been
convicted
of a felony involving a breach of public trust shall be
is not eligible for either house of the legislature.
Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the state at the next general election
in the manner provided by law.