HB 6562 Summary

• Shifts Michigan's primary election date from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in August to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June, effective 90 days after enactment.

• Shifts Michigan's May regular election date to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March, with an exception that in presidential election years with a statewide presidential primary, the March date becomes the second Tuesday in March.

• Updates all related filing deadlines, petition submission requirements, and election procedures throughout Michigan election law to align with the new June primary and March election dates.

• Changes city election primary schedules from August to June for cities holding elections on even-year or odd-year schedules, with various transition provisions and compliance requirements for city clerks.

• Modifies nomination petition filing deadlines to the fifteenth Tuesday before the new June primary election (replacing the previous twelfth Tuesday before August primary) and adjusts all convention, caucus, and delegate selection timelines accordingly.