HOUSE BILL No. 4459

 

 

March 30, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Webber, Lucido, Hoadley, Pagan, Schor, Brann, Jones, Leutheuser, Zemke, Love and Chang and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

by amending section 509t (MCL 168.509t), as amended by 2004 PA 92.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 509t. (1) Notwithstanding another provision of law to the

 

contrary, a person who is a qualified elector in this state and who

 

registers to vote in a manner consistent with the national voter

 

registration act of 1993 is considered a registered voter under

 

this act.

 

     (2) A Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and

 

subsection (3), a person who registers by mail to vote in a

 

jurisdiction in this state by mail shall vote in person and shall

 

provide identification as required under section 303(b) of the help

 

America vote act of 2002, 42 USC 15483, 52 USC 21083, if that

 

person has not previously voted in person in this state. This

 

subsection does not apply to any of the following registered

 

voters:

 

     (a) A person entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the

 

uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act.

 

     (b) A person who has a disability as that term is defined in

 

section 103 of the persons with disabilities civil rights act, 1976

 

PA 220, MCL 37.1103, or, for purposes of voting in person only, a

 

person who is 60 years of age or older.

 

     (c) A person who is entitled to vote other than in person

 

under any other federal law.

 

     (3) A person who registers by mail to vote may satisfy the

 

identification requirement of the help America vote act of 2002 and

 

the requirement to vote in person as provided in subsection (2) if

 

he or she presents a valid form of identification as provided in

 

section 303(b) of the help America vote act of 2002, 52 USC 21083,

 

to any county, city, or township clerk in this state. A clerk who

 

receives a valid form of identification and who is not the clerk of

 

the city or township where the elector is registered to vote shall

 

transmit to the clerk of the city or township where the elector is

 

registered to vote a notice that the elector has satisfied the

 

requirement to vote in person and the identification requirement of

 

the help America vote act of 2002. The notice must be transmitted

 

in a manner prescribed by the secretary of state. The clerk of the

 

city or township where the elector is registered to vote shall,

 

upon receipt of a notice under this subsection, update the

 

information in the qualified vote file of the elector.

     (4) (3) This section does not preclude this state from

 

prosecuting a violation of this act that is also a violation of a

 

federal election or voting rights law.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.