HB 5810 Summary

• Establishes primary elections on the Tuesday after the first Monday in August for nominating candidates for lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state, with qualified electors able to vote for party candidates for these offices.

• Requires nominating petitions signed by at least 1,000 registered electors in each of at least half of Michigan's congressional districts, to be filed by 4 p.m. on the fifteenth Tuesday before the August primary election.

• Allows blank spaces on primary ballots for write-in candidates if no candidate exists for lieutenant governor, attorney general, or secretary of state, and permits party central committees to fill vacancies caused by candidate death.

• Establishes similar primary election procedures for state board of education and university board positions (University of Michigan regents, Michigan State University trustees, Wayne State University governors), requiring nominating petitions with the same signature thresholds.

• Expands the general primary election to include voting for lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and university board candidates, with candidates receiving the most votes declared as party nominees; repeals previous sections 72-74, 282-284, and 392-395 of Michigan election law.