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MI HB5782
Bill
Status
5/19/2020
Primary Sponsor
John Chirkun
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AI Summary
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Requires all regular and special elections to be conducted by absent voter ballot only beginning October 1, 2020, with clerks sending absent voter ballot applications to all registered electors at least 60 days before each election.
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Eliminates traditional in-person polling places and replaces them with absent voter counting boards located in designated central locations, with processing of absent voter ballots permitted to begin at 7 a.m. on election day.
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Removes references to "polling places" throughout the election law and replaces them with "absent voter counting board locations" or similar language to reflect the shift to all-mail voting procedures.
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Changes ballot marking instructions from "making a cross or check mark" to "darkening the oval or box" and updates numerous procedural requirements related to absent voter ballot handling, delivery, and tabulation.
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Modifies election official duties, timing requirements (changing "close of polls" references to "8 p.m. on election day"), and administrative procedures to accommodate the transition from in-person to absent voter-only elections, while maintaining security measures and audit trails.
Legislative Description
Elections; voting procedures; elections by absent voter ballot; require. Amends secs. 3, 31, 301, 305, 355, 385, 480, 491, 499e, 500d, 576, 579, 580, 653a, 654, 659, 660, 662, 668, 669, 672, 678, 679, 715, 720, 721, 723, 727, 731, 733, 736b, 736c, 736d, 736e, 737a, 741, 751, 754, 755a, 757, 759a, 759b, 761b, 764a, 764b, 765, 765a, 794, 795, 796, 797b, 811, 829, 931 & 932 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.3 et seq.); adds sec. 641a; & repeals secs. 346, 507, 523, 523a, 575, 577, 663, 664, 668a, 675, 709, 717, 722, 724, 726, 729, 736, 736a, 738, 740, 742, 743, 744, 744a, 746, 749, 762, 769, 797, 797a, 801, 813 & 932 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.346 et seq.).
Elections: voting procedures
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/20/2020
5/20/2020