HOUSE BILL NO. 4851
June 27, 2023, Introduced by Reps. Phil Green and Alexander and referred to the Committee on
Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 685a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 685a. If a state political party is qualified to have the
2 names of its candidates printed in a separate party column on each
3 election ballot and that state political party is affiliated with a
4 national political party that changes its name, the state political
5 party may change its name to the same name as the national
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1 political party if, not later than 4 p.m. of the one hundred tenth
2 day before a general November election, the chairperson and
3 secretary of the state central committee of that state political
4 party file with the secretary of state a certificate, signed by the
5 chairperson and secretary of the state central committee of that
6 state political party, indicating the name change for that state
7 political party.
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Statutes affected:
House Introduced Bill: 168.1, 168.992