Highlights:

• Requires voters to present identification and complete an application detailing their name, address, and citizenship status in the presence of an election official (Sec. 523.1).

• Specifies that election officials must provide voters who lack identification with a provisional ballot (Sec. 523.2).

• Requires that voters’ applications be kept as a record of individual voters’ participation (Sec. 523.3).

• Under this legislation, the clerk of a city, village, or township must maintain a record of voting participation history for all registered voters (Sec. 523.3).

• Authorizes city and township clerks to determine whether an individual voting via provisional ballot was eligible to vote within six days of the end of an election. Specifies that a provisional ballot can only be tabulated if a voter’s voter registration record is located or if a voter’s identity and residence are established using an identification (Sec. 813.1).

• Requires a city or township clerk to transmit the results of provisional ballots tabulated after the election to the board of county canvassers in a form prescribed by the secretary of state (Sec. 813.2).

• Specifies that a city or township clerk must transmit a provisional ballot report to the secretary of state covering the number of provisional ballots issued, tabulated, and forwarded to the clerk to be determined after the election, along with any additional information concerning provisional ballots (Sec. 813.3).

• Requires that the city or township clerk keep the qualified voter file current (Sec. 813.4).

• Requires that the board of county canvassers include the results of tabulated provisional ballots in the canvass of the election (Sec. 829.1).

• Requires that the county clerk transmit a county provisional ballot report to the secretary of state within 14 days after a primary or election and that the report is made public immediately (Sec. 829.2).

• Specifies that the secretary of state must transmit a voter registration application report to the house and senate committees dealing with elections within fourteen days of election day (Sec. 829.3).

Vetoed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate substitute and pass a bill that repeals the option for voters to sign an affidavit to affirm their identity before casting a ballot.

Highlights:

• Requires voters to present identification and complete an application detailing their name, address, and citizenship status in the presence of an election official (Sec. 523.1).

• Specifies that election officials must provide voters who lack identification with a provisional ballot (Sec. 523.2).

• Requires that voters’ applications be kept as a record of individual voters’ participation (Sec. 523.3).

• Under this legislation, the clerk of a city, village, or township must maintain a record of voting participation history for all registered voters (Sec. 523.3).

• Authorizes city and township clerks to determine whether an individual voting via provisional ballot was eligible to vote within six days of the end of an election. Specifies that a provisional ballot can only be tabulated if a voter’s voter registration record is located or if a voter’s identity and residence are established using an identification (Sec. 813.1).

• Requires a city or township clerk to transmit the results of provisional ballots tabulated after the election to the board of county canvassers in a form prescribed by the secretary of state (Sec. 813.2).

• Specifies that a city or township clerk must transmit a provisional ballot report to the secretary of state covering the number of provisional ballots issued, tabulated, and forwarded to the clerk to be determined after the election, along with any additional information concerning provisional ballots (Sec. 813.3).

• Requires that the city or township clerk keep the qualified voter file current (Sec. 813.4).

• Requires that the board of county canvassers include the results of tabulated provisional ballots in the canvass of the election (Sec. 829.1).

• Requires that the county clerk transmit a county provisional ballot report to the secretary of state within 14 days after a primary or election and that the report is made public immediately (Sec. 829.2).

• Specifies that the secretary of state must transmit a voter registration application report to the house and senate committees dealing with elections within fourteen days of election day (Sec. 829.3).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that repeals the option for voters to sign an affidavit to affirm their identity before casting a ballot.

Highlights:

• Requires voters to present identification and complete an application detailing their name, address, and citizenship status in the presence of an election official (Sec. 523.1).

• Specifies that election officials must provide voters who lack identification with a provisional ballot (Sec. 523.2).

• Requires that voters’ applications be kept as a record of individual voters’ participation and specifies that under this legislation, the clerk of a city, village, or township must maintain a record of voting participation history for all registered voters (Sec. 523.3).

• Authorizes city and township clerks to determine whether an individual voting via provisional ballot was eligible to vote within six days of the end of an election. Specifies that a provisional ballot can only be tabulated if a voter’s voter registration record is located or if a voter’s identity and residence are established using an identification (Sec. 813.1).

• Requires a city or township clerk to transmit the results of provisional ballots tabulated after the election to the board of county canvassers in a form prescribed by the secretary of state (Sec. 813.2).

• Specifies that a city or township clerk must transmit a provisional ballot report to the secretary of state covering the number of provisional ballots issued, tabulated, and forwarded to the clerk to be determined after the election, along with any additional information concerning provisional ballots (Sec. 813.3).

• Requires that the city or township clerk keep the qualified voter file current (Sec. 813.4).

• Requires that the board of county canvassers include the results of tabulated provisional ballots in the canvass of the election (Sec. 829.1).

• Requires that the county clerk transmit a county provisional ballot report to the secretary of state within 14 days after a primary or election and that the report is made public immediately (Sec. 829.2).

• Specifies that the secretary of state must transmit a voter registration application report to the house and senate committees dealing with elections within fourteen days of election day (Sec. 829.3).

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