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MI HB5061
Bill
Status
7/18/2012
Primary Sponsor
Bradford Jacobsen
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AI Summary
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Secretary of State shall develop and distribute posters to residential care facilities explaining that ballot coaching is prohibited, with facilities required to display them for 45 days before each election through election day.
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Absent voter ballots issued in person require presentation of official photo identification (state ID, driver's license, or other generally recognized picture ID), or voters may sign an affidavit if they lack such identification.
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Absent voter ballots cast without required identification must be prepared as challenged ballots under existing election procedures.
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City and township clerks must determine within 6 days after an election whether provisional ballots are eligible for tabulation, with valid registration or photo ID plus residence documentation required before tabulation.
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County clerks must transmit provisional ballot reports and affidavit reports to the Secretary of State within 7-14 days after elections, with reports made immediately available for public inspection.
Legislative Description
Elections; absent voters; photograph identification; require when obtaining an absentee ballot, require certain reporting by local clerks concerning registration affidavits, and require secretary of state to develop information displays indicating that ballot coaching in residential care facilities is prohibited. Amends secs. 761, 813 & 829 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.761 et seq.) & adds sec. 38.
Health facilities, nursing homes
Last Action
Re-referred To Committee On Redistricting And Elections
7/18/2012