Introduced
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To require all regular school board elections to be held in November, in either even or odd years. Under <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4824">election consolidation </a> law passed in 2003, school districts may choose to hold their elections in May, which in most cases means the districts must pay the entire cost of the election, because no other government bodies have elections then.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details but does not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To move the required school election day the bill proposes from November general elections to even-year August primary elections.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 73 to 36 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Education
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that uses it as a "vehicle" to revise the procedures for the Jan. 15, 2008 presidential primary election.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 26 to 10 (details)
To revise the procedures for the Jan. 15, 2008 presidential primary election to compensate for the fact that major candidates have refused to participate in the vote because it violates their party's rules. The bill would authorize the Secretary of State to place their names on the ballot anyway. It also makes severable the provision granting the Democratic and Republican parties exclusive access to the list of voters who "declared" which party's ballot they chose, meaning that if this is declared unconstitutional the rest of the bill could still go into effect. Also, to require all regular school board elections to be held in November.
Motion
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To give the bill immediate effect.
The motion failed 21 to 15 (details)
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that requires school districts to hold their regular elections on either the November general election date or the August primary election date.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To allow a particular community to hold a vote on a hospital authority issue on the day of the presidential primary.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To tie-bar the bill to House Bill 4553, which would allow local elections clerks to automatically send an absentee ballot before each election to any qualified registered voter age 60 and older without receiving a request from the voter.
The amendment passed 98 to 0 (details)
Amendment offered
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To clarify that exceptions the bill proposes to certain procedural requirements local clerks must undertake in all elections only would apply only to the 2008 presidential primary election date, not to any future primaries.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To add the even-year August primary election date to the other dates on which the bill proposes school districts would be required to hold their regular elections. Also, to require the approval of the local school election coordinator for a school district to decide in the future to hold its regular election on the even-year August primary or November general election dates.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To remove a provision allowing school districts to hold their election on "the November regular election date in both even and odd years." Other provisions would all odd year November elections, and even years ones with certain conditions.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To strip out the provision that only allows the political parties to have access to the party declarations of voters.
The amendment passed 65 to 33 (details)
Passed in the House 63 to 35 (details)
To revise the procedures for the Jan. 15, 2008 presidential primary election to compensate for the fact that major candidates have refused to participate in the vote because it violates their party's rules. The bill would authorize the Secretary of State to place their names on the ballot anyway. It also removes the provision that only allows the political parties to have access to the party declarations of voters, and requires all school elections to be held on either the regular August or November election dates. The Bill is tie-barred to House Bill 4553, which would allow local elections clerks to automatically send an absentee ballot before each election to any qualified registered voter age 60 and older without receiving a request from the voter.
Motion
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To give the bill immediate effect. The vote did not gain the required two-third majority, which would make the bill moot.
The motion failed 61 to 35 (details)
