MI HB6368

Allows candidates to submit nominating petition signatures for early review up to the twentieth Tuesday before the August primary, five weeks before the standard filing deadline of the fifteenth Tuesday.

Establishes an early signature review fee of 50 cents per signature and requires filing officials to complete review within 7 business days using digitized signatures in the qualified voter file.

Permits candidates to cure insufficient or defective signatures within 3 business days of notification by filing new petitions or fixing existing invalid signatures, with a 50-cent-per-signature fee for cure attempts.

Requires filing officials to complete final signature validation within 14 days of official petition filing and compare all signatures against digitized signatures in the qualified voter file rather than physical registration records.

Updates petition language to replace gender-specific pronouns with gender-neutral terms and clarifies that fraudulent signatures must be disqualified after checking against qualified voter file for petitions under section 552.