Bill Text: MI HB5974 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Elections; other; allocation of electoral votes; revise. Amends sec. 42 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.42).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-12-02 - Printed Bill Filed 11/14/2014 [HB5974 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5974-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5974
November 13, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Lund and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 42 (MCL 168.42), as amended by 1999 PA 216.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 42. (1) In the year in which presidential electors are to
be elected under section 43, each political party in this state
shall choose at its fall state convention a number of candidates
for electors of president and vice-president of the United States
equal to the number of senators and representatives in congress
that this state is entitled to elect. The chairperson and the
secretary of the state central committee of each political party
shall, within 1 business day after the conclusion of the state
convention, forward by registered or certified mail a certificate
containing the names of the candidates for electors to the
secretary
of state. The candidates for electors of president and
vice-president
who shall be considered elected are those whose
names
have been certified to the secretary of state by that
political
party receiving the greatest number of votes for those
offices
at the next November election.
(2) Presidential electors shall be allocated as follows:
(a) The statewide popular vote for the top 2 candidates for
president of the United States shall be added together.
(b) The political party of the candidate receiving the most
statewide popular votes for president of the United States, as
calculated under subdivision (a), shall be allocated 1/2 of the
presidential electors this state is entitled to elect as provided
under subsection (1) plus 1 additional presidential elector. If the
number of presidential electors allocated under this subdivision is
not a whole number, the number of presidential electors allocated
shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
(c) Subject to subdivision (d), in addition to the number of
presidential electors allocated under subdivision (b), the
political party of the candidate receiving the most statewide
popular votes for president of the United States, as calculated
under subdivision (a), shall be allocated 1 additional presidential
elector for every 1.5% that the candidate receives over 50% of the
statewide popular vote for president of the United States, as
calculated under subdivision (a).
(d) The total number of presidential electors allocated to the
political party of the candidate receiving the most statewide
popular votes for president of the United States, as calculated
under subdivision (a), shall not exceed the total number of
presidential electors this state is entitled to elect as provided
under subsection (1).
(e) Any remaining presidential electors that this state is
entitled to elect as provided under subsection (1) that are not
allocated under subdivisions (b) and (c) shall be allocated to the
political party of the candidate receiving the second most
statewide popular votes for president of the United States, as
calculated under subdivision (a).
(3) The candidates for electors of president and vice
president of each political party who shall be considered elected
are those whose names have been certified to the secretary of state
under subsection (1) and who have been selected by each political
party based on the allocation of presidential electors under
subsection (2).
