Bill Text: MI HB5551 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced

Michigan House Bill 5551

Introduced

Bill Title: Elections: canvassing; eligibility requirements for members of the board of state canvassers and boards of county canvassers; modify. Amends secs. 22c & 24b of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.22c & 168.24b).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-19 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5551 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2023-HB5551-Introduced.html

HOUSE BILL NO. 5551

March 06, 2024, Introduced by Reps. Arbit, Tsernoglou, Farhat, Byrnes, Martus, Grant, Scott, Wilson, McFall, Mentzer, Andrews, Coffia, MacDonell, Brabec, Steckloff, Breen, Hill, Paiz, Morgan, Dievendorf, Edwards, Hood, Rheingans, Conlin, Hoskins, Skaggs, Glanville, Tyrone Carter, O'Neal, Neeley, Price, Weiss, Hope, Wegela and Pohutsky and referred to the Committee on Elections.

A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

"Michigan election law,"

by amending sections 22c and 24b (MCL 168.22c and 168.24b), section 22c as added by 1995 PA 261.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 22c. (1) A member of the board of state canvassers shall must be a qualified and registered elector of this state.

(2) An individual is not eligible to be a member of the board of state canvassers if that individual has been convicted of an election-related offense.

(3) Before taking office, a member of the board of state canvassers shall must take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office prescribed in section 1 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.

(4) As used in this section and section 24b, "election-related offense" means a violation of any of the following:

(a) Perjury related to a false statement made on an affidavit of identity as provided in 558(4).

(b) Section 720j(14).

(d) Section 759(13).

(e) Section 761(5).

(f) Section 765a(9).

(g) Section 848(3).

(h) Section 931(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (l), or (m).

(i) Section 931(3).

(j) Section 932.

(k) Section 932a.

(l) Section 932e.

(m) Section 933.

(n) 18 USC 241 or 242, if the violation involves an individual's right to vote.

(o) 52 USC 10307.

(p) 52 USC 20511.

Sec. 24b. (1) Members Each member of the a board shall of county canvassers must be a qualified electors elector of the county and shall must take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office prescribed in section 1 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963.

(2) An individual is not eligible to be a member of a board of county canvassers if that individual has been convicted of an election-related offense.

(3) No person An individual holding an elective public office shall be is not eligible for membership on the board of county canvassers. If any member of the board of county canvassers, during his the member's term of office, becomes a candidate for any elective public office, his that member's office shall be is vacant.