MI SB1370

Voter registration applications must include a statement requiring applicants to submit satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship, with rejection notice if evidence is not provided.

Satisfactory evidence of citizenship includes: driver's license or state ID number indicating citizenship verification, birth certificate photocopy, U.S. passport, naturalization documents or certificate number, documents used under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, or Bureau of Indian Affairs or tribal enrollment numbers.

Applications lacking citizenship evidence must be rejected by state and local election officials processing voter registrations at department of state offices, designated agencies, and county, city, township, or village clerk offices.

Voters already registered as of the effective date are exempt from citizenship documentation requirements unless they move to another city, township, or village.

City, township, or village clerks must add citizenship information to the qualified voter file after submission and may destroy supporting citizenship documents no earlier than 2 years after submission; proof of voter registration from another state does not satisfy citizenship requirements.