SB-0425, As Passed Senate, March 15, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 425

 

 

June 6, 2017, Introduced by Senator EMMONS and referred to the Committee on Elections and Government Reform.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 509ii.

 

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 509ii. (1) The secretary of state shall develop and

 

maintain an electronic voter registration interface to allow an

 

applicant to submit a voter registration application electronically

 

through the secretary of state's website. The electronic voter

 

registration interface must do all of the following:

 

     (a) Transmit the application to the qualified voter file.

 

     (b) Interact with the state operator's or chauffeur's license

 

file and the official state personal identification card file for

 

authentication purposes.

 

     (c) Authenticate the identity of an applicant under a process

developed by the secretary of state that includes, but is not

 

limited to, verifying all of the following:

 

     (i) The last 4 digits of the applicant's social security

 

number.

 

     (ii) The applicant's operator's or chauffeur's license number

 

or the applicant's official state personal identification card

 

number.

 

     (iii) The applicant's full name as printed on his or her

 

operator's or chauffeur's license or his or her official state

 

personal identification card.

 

     (iv) The applicant's date of birth.

 

     (v) The applicant's eye color as printed on his or her

 

operator's or chauffeur's license or his or her official state

 

personal identification card.

 

     (d) Require the applicant's assent to submit a voter

 

registration application electronically and require the applicant's

 

assent to use his or her most recent digitized signature if

 

captured or reproduced by the secretary of state under section 307

 

of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.307, or if

 

captured or reproduced by the secretary of state under 1972 PA 222,

 

MCL 28.291 to 28.300.

 

     (e) Issue a receipt to the applicant in the manner prescribed

 

by the secretary of state.

 

     (2) The secretary of state shall develop an electronic voter

 

registration application that includes all of the same information

 

as provided on the mail registration form developed by the

 

secretary of state under section 509n(a), and also includes the

notice required under section 307(1)(c) of the Michigan vehicle

 

code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.307.

 

     (3) Only an individual who possesses both of the following is

 

eligible to submit an electronic voter registration application:

 

     (a) The qualifications of an elector as provided in section

 

492.

 

     (b) A valid official state personal identification card issued

 

under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300, or a valid operator's or

 

chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA

 

300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.

 

     (4) If an elector utilizes the electronic voter registration

 

interface to indicate a change of address, the state bureau of

 

elections shall send a confirmation notice to the elector's

 

previous address.

 

     (5) An individual is not permitted to use the electronic voter

 

registration interface if the individual meets any of the following

 

conditions:

 

     (a) The individual ordered a duplicate of an operator's or

 

chauffeur's license or an official state personal identification

 

card the same day as submitting an electronic voter registration

 

application.

 

     (b) The individual submitted a change of address for an

 

operator's or chauffeur's license or an official state personal

 

identification card within the 10 days before submitting an

 

electronic voter registration application.

 

     (c) The individual has an expired operator's or chauffeur's

 

license or an expired official state personal identification card.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.

 

     Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

 

enacted into law:

 

     (a) Senate Bill No. 426.                                   

 

         

 

     (b) Senate Bill No. 427.                                    

 

         

 

     (c) Senate Bill No. 428.                                     

 

         

 

     (d) Senate Bill No._429.