HOUSE BILL NO. 4362
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February 25, 2021, Introduced by Reps. Kuppa, Hope, Cynthia Johnson, Brenda Carter, Sowerby, Bolden, Weiss, Steckloff, Hood, Haadsma, Pohutsky, Young, Brixie, Sabo, Rogers, Aiyash, O'Neal, Cavanagh, Rabhi, Garza, Brabec, Stone and Tyrone Carter and referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics. |
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 661, 759, 759a, 761, 764a, 765, 765a, 765b, 766, and 767 (MCL 168.661, 168.759, 168.759a, 168.761, 168.764a, 168.765, 168.765a, 168.765b, 168.766, and 168.767), section 661 as amended by 2012 PA 270, sections 759 and 761 as amended by 2020 PA 302, section 759a as amended by 2012 PA 523, sections 764a, 765, 765a, and 765b as amended by 2020 PA 177, section 766 as amended by 2018 PA 120, and section 767 as amended by 2005 PA 71, and by adding sections 759e, 764e, 766a, and 766b; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
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Sec. 661. (1) When If the voter registration in a precinct using voting machines is 1,000 or less, there shall must be not less than 1 voting machine for each 500 active registered electors at the general November election and at the primary immediately preceding that election. When If the voter registration in a precinct using voting machines is more than 1,000 and less than 3,000, there shall must be at least 1 voting machine for each 600 active registered electors at the general November election and at the primary immediately preceding that election. At other primaries and elections, the number of voting machines shall be is at the discretion of the local election commission. In making this determination, the local election commission shall take into consideration the number of choices the voter elector must make, the percentage of registered voters electors who voted at the last similar election in the jurisdiction, and the intensity of the interest of the electors in the jurisdiction concerning the candidates and proposals to be voted upon. When If the voter registration in a precinct using voting machines exceeds 2,999, the precinct shall must be divided or rearranged.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), city and township election commissions shall divide precincts according to law, not later than 210 days before the primary next preceding the general November election, and shall immediately notify the county clerk of the number of registered voters electors in each precinct in the city or township. The county clerk shall notify the secretary of state not later than 200 days before the primary of a precinct in
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the clerk's county which that has not been divided according to law, and the secretary of state shall proceed to make divisions as are necessary at the expense of the city or township involved, not later than 180 days before the primary next preceding the general November election. If the election commission of a city, village, or township using voting machines decides to use paper ballots for a primary or election, the preceding limitations shall must continue for that election. A division of precincts shall must be made effective not later than 180 days before the primary election next preceding the general November election.