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MI HB5253
Bill
Status
3/10/2022
Primary Sponsor
Sarah Lightner
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AI Summary
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State departments and agencies are prohibited from accepting gifts of money or other consideration from individuals or nongovernmental entities for election-related activities, equipment, or staff.
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Counties, cities, and townships are prohibited from accepting gifts of money or other consideration from individuals or nongovernmental entities for election-related activities, equipment, or staff.
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Exceptions to the prohibition allow cities and townships to accept gifts for establishing polling places and absent voter counting board locations, and counties to accept gifts for establishing county-level absent voter counting board locations.
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"Election-related activity" includes voter registration, voter eligibility review, mailing election materials, creating advertisements about elections, and recruiting precinct election inspectors.
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"Election-related equipment" includes tabulators, communication devices, signs, tents, and absent voter ballot drop boxes; "election-related staff" includes clerk assistants and election inspectors.
Legislative Description
Elections: offenses; accepting a gift of money or goods from a nongovernmental entity for the purposes of obtaining election-related equipment; prohibit. Amends 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.1 - 168.992) by adding sec. 946.
State agencies (existing): state
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Elections
3/15/2022