Senate Bill 1168 Summary

• Changes the primary election date from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May for all partisan and nonpartisan primary elections in Michigan.

• Updates all references throughout the Michigan Election Law to reflect the new May primary date, including filing deadlines for nominating petitions (moved to the twelfth Tuesday before the May primary).

• Modifies city, village, and school district election schedules to align with the new May primary date and establishes odd-year and even-year election dates for local elections.

• Requires county canvassers to meet by a specific timeline following the May primary election and updates ballot delivery deadlines for absent voter ballots to reflect the new primary date.

• Makes conforming changes to convention dates, delegate election procedures, and write-in candidate filing deadlines to accommodate the shift from an August to May primary election schedule.