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MI SB0694

Bill

Status

Engrossed

3/3/2010

Primary Sponsor

Cameron Brown

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Origin

Senate

95th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Prohibits city, township, or village clerks from registering persons they know or have good reason to believe are not qualified residents and electors.

  • Prohibits individuals from knowingly registering to vote if they are not qualified electors.

  • Requires clerks to forward voter registration applications of suspected unqualified electors to the county prosecutor for investigation.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Ethics And Elections3/3/2010
Campaign & Election Oversight7/15/2009

Full Bill Text

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