A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” by amending section 761d (MCL 168.761d), as amended by 2022 PA 195.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics
Reported with substitute S-2
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
1. Amend page 2, line 13, by striking out “and”.
2. Amend page 2, line 13, after “repair” by inserting a comma and “and video monitoring”.
3. Amend page 4, line 12, by striking out all of subsection (7) and inserting:
“(7) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, for an absent voter ballot drop box that was not ordered or installed in a city or township before October 1, 2020, the city or township clerk must use video monitoring of that absent voter ballot drop box during the 75 days before each election and on election day to ensure effective monitoring of that absent voter ballot drop box. Beginning January 1, 2026, regardless of when an absent voter ballot drop box was ordered or installed, the city or township clerk must use video monitoring of each absent voter ballot drop box during the 75 days before each election and on election day to ensure effective monitoring of each absent voter ballot drop box in the city or township.”.
Substitute S-2 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 30 to 8 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Elections
