SB 608 Summary

• Establishes that if a petition (initiative, referendum, nominating, or recall) contains the same elector's signature 2 or more times, only the first signature shall be counted.

• Requires petition circulators to clearly indicate whether they are paid or volunteer signature gatherers and adds warning that non-compliant circulators' signatures are invalid.

• Changes terminology throughout the election law from "person" to "individual" and "shall" to "must" for consistency.

• Removes previous penalties for individuals signing the same petition to organize a new political party more than once, replacing with single violation rule that only first signature counts.

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment; repeals section 547a of the Michigan election law.