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MI SB0694
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits city, township, or village clerks from registering persons they know or have good reason to believe are not qualified residents and electors.
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Prohibits individuals from knowingly registering to vote if they are not qualified electors.
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Requires clerks to forward voter registration applications of suspected unqualified electors to the county prosecutor for investigation.
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Prohibits knowingly submitting fraudulent or forged voter registration applications to any election official or the secretary of state, with "person" defined to include businesses, organizations, and groups acting jointly.
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Makes violations by clerks (subsection 1) a misdemeanor; makes violations by individuals submitting false applications (subsections 2 and 4) felonies.
Legislative Description
Elections; offenses; penalties for illegal or fraudulent vote registration; increase. Amends sec. 519 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.519).
Elections, voters
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Ethics And Elections
3/3/2010