REGULAR ELECTION SCHEDULING                                                                                                                       S.B. 130-133:

                                                                                                                                                                SUMMARY OF INTRODUCED BILL

                                                                                                                                                                                                                IN COMMITTEE

Senate Bills 130 through 133 (as introduced 2-11-21)

Sponsor:   Senator Aric Nesbitt (S.B. 130 and 132)

                            Senator Paul Wojno (S.B. 131 and 133)

Committee:   Elections

Date Completed:   6-23-21

CONTENT

Senate Bill 130 would amend the Michigan Election Law to do the following:

 --     Amend the definition of "odd year primary election" to mean the election held on the June, instead of August, regular election date in an odd numbered year.

 --     Require general primaries that currently take place on the Tuesday after the first Monday in August before every November general election to take place in June.

 --     Specify that nominating petitions would have to be received by the Secretary of State (SOS) or filed with an applicable clerk up to 4 PM on the fifteenth Tuesday before the June, instead of August, primary.

 --     Require certain election activities that are scheduled in accordance with an August primary to be scheduled in accordance with a June primary.

 --     Require the filing deadline or certification deadline for a nomination by caucus or by filing a petition or affidavit to be 4 PM on the fifteenth Tuesday before the March, instead of May, election.

 --     Require the chairperson of the county committee or district committee of a Congressional district of each political party, by February 1 in even numbered years, instead of April 1, to provide to the board of election commissioners a certificate showing the number of delegates to the county convention in which each precinct of the county is entitled.

 --     Require the chairperson of the State central committee of a political party to notify the chairperson of the county or district committee of a congressional district, by no later than January 1 in even numbered years, instead of March 1, that the certificate is to be delivered to the board of election commissioners on or before February 1, instead of April 1.

 --     Replace the May and August regular election date with a March and June regular election date, respectively.

 --     Require the primary election for an elective office requiring the election for that office to be held at the general election to be held on the June regular election date.

 --     Require a city council that, after December 21, 2020, adopted a resolution so that its regular election was held on the May regular election date to hold its regular election on the March regular election date.

 --     Require a city that held its regular election primary for a city office annually or in the even year on the August regular primary election date to hold its regular election primary on the June regular election date.