HOUSE BILL No. 5548
February 13, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Calley, Webber, Crawford, Marino, Lucido, Chang, LaGrand, Brann, Leutheuser, Lilly, Sheppard, Yancey and Zemke and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
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) Not later than December 31, 2018, 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 Senate Bill No. ___ or House Bill No. 5549 (request no.
04875'17) of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.