A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “Michigan election law,” by amending section 761d (MCL 168.761d), as amended by 2022 PA 195.
The bill would amend the Michigan Election Law to codify provisions of Proposal 2022-2. The bill would require each city or township to install at least one absent voter ballot drop box for the collection of absent voter applications and ballots. It also would require a city or township to have one drop box per 15,000 registered electors. The Secretary of State (SOS) would have to facilitate and fund the implementation of these requirements. In addition, the bill would modify current drop box security requirements.
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
