A bill to create a voting and elections database and institute; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and entities; and to provide remedies.
Senate Bill 402 (S-2) would enact the "Voting and Elections Database and Institute Act" to do the following: -- Require the SOS to enter into an agreement, which would be binding for at least 25 years, with one or more public research universities in the State to create the Michigan Voting and Elections Database and Institute by November 5, 2025. -- Require the Database and Institute to provide a center for research, training, and information on voting systems and election administration. -- Require the Database and Institute to make available all relevant election and voting data and records for at least the previous 12-year period at no cost, after which the relevant data and records would have to be permanently maintained for archival purposes. -- Require the Database and Institute to protect election and voting data and records by implementing rigorous cybersecurity standards. -- Permit the data, information, and estimates maintained by the Database and Institute to be used as evidence. -- Require the SOS to transmit to the Database and Institute specified information within 180 days after an election. -- Allow the SOS to reimburse a local government for the cost of providing requested election and voting data and records to the SOS, upon request by the local government.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Elections and Ethics
Reported with substitute S-2
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-2
Substitute S-2 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 20 to 16 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Elections
