2006 House Bill 5648 ↩

Senate Roll Call 165: Passed

To eliminate the authority of the state board of canvassers to "pre-approve" the language of statewide ballot question or initiatives to ensure that they meet the required standards, and transfer this authority to the director of the elections bureau in the Secretary of State office.

21 Yeas / 15 Nays

Republican (21 Yeas / 0 Nays)

Allen (R-37) Birkholz (R-24) Bishop (R-12) Brown (R-16) Cassis (R-15) Cropsey (R-33) Garcia (R-22) George (R-20) Gilbert (R-25) Goschka (R-32) Hammerstrom (R-17) Hardiman (R-29) Jelinek (R-21) Kuipers (R-30) McManus (R-35) Patterson (R-7) Sanborn (R-11) Sikkema (R-28) Stamas (R-36) Toy (R-6) Van Woerkom (R-34)

Democrat (0 Yeas / 15 Nays)

	Basham (D-8) Brater (D-18) Cherry (D-26) Clark-Coleman (D-3) Clarke (D-1) Emerson (D-27) Jacobs (D-14) Leland (D-5) Olshove (D-9) Prusi (D-38) Schauer (D-19) Scott (D-2) Switalski (D-10) Thomas (D-4) Whitmer (D-23)

Excused or Not Voting (2)

Barcia (D-31) Johnson (R-13)