Vetoed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the Secretary of State notify registered voters to correct registration errors before their registration is canceled.

Highlights:

• Establishes for each registered elector who has been assigned a placeholder date of birth on the qualified voter file because the actual date of birth of the registered elector is unknown, the secretary of state will, not later than 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, send by forwardable mail both of the following to the elector (Sec. 510-2):

• A postage prepaid and pre-addressed return card to the appropriate city or township clerk on which the elector may verify his or her date of birth and on which the elector must do both of the following: and

• Sign his or her name; and

• Attach to the return card a copy of his or her original birth certificate, current driver’s license, or current state personal identification card as proof of his or her date of birth.

• A notice informing the elector of the inaccurate information.

• Establishes if an elector returns his or her completed and signed return card in person to the appropriate city or township clerk, the elector may provide proof of his or her date of birth by showing the city or township clerk his of her original birth certificate or his or her current driver license or current state personal identification card (Sec. 510-3).

• Specifies until an elector returns a completed and signed return card, and provides proof of his or her date of birth, to the appropriate city or township clerk to verify his or her date of birth, the city or township clerk will identify the registration record of that elector as challenged (Sec. 510-4).

• Establishes if the signature on the return card and the signature for that elector on the qualified voter file do not match, the city or township clerk will identify the registration record of that elector as challenged as provided in this act (Sec. 510-5).

• Specifies if notice is returned to the secretary of state by the post office as undeliverable, the secretary of state will identify the registration record of that elector as challenged  (Sec. 510-6).

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