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MI HB6032

Bill

Status

Introduced

11/27/2012

Primary Sponsor

Woodrow Stanley

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Origin

House of Representatives

96th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Changes polling hours on election day from "7 o'clock in the forenoon" to 7 a.m. and from "8 o'clock in the afternoon" to 8 p.m., with language clarified to "open" instead of "be opened."

  • Establishes early voting beginning 30 days before an election and ending the day before the election, with polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.

  • Requires every city, township, and village to provide early voting at one or more designated polling places.

  • Makes all standard election procedures applicable to early voting, including election inspectors, voter challenges, poll books, ballot security, and ballot counting.

  • Requires poll books for early voting to be divided by date with separate records maintained for each day of early voting.

Legislative Description

Elections; voting procedures; early voting; provide for. Amends secs. 720 & 735 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.720 & 168.735) & adds sec. 720a.

Elections, voters

Last Action

Printed Bill Filed 11/28/2012

11/28/2012

Committee Referrals

Redistricting And Elections11/27/2012

Full Bill Text

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