An act to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers; to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 497 (MCL 168.497), as amended by 2018 PA 603.
House Bill 4567 would amend the Michigan Election Law to no longer require certain ballots to be automatically challenged.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Elections
Reported with substitute H-1
Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote
Substitute H-2 offered
by
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 56 to 54 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics
Reported without amendment
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported without amendment
Passed in the Senate 20 to 18 (details)
