2006 House Bill 5649 ↩

Senate Roll Call 167: Passed

To extend the right of appeal that currently applies to decisions made by the state board of canvassers to also apply to decisions made by the director of the elections bureau in the Secretary of State office. House Bills 5648 to 5650 and Senate Bills 973 to 976 transfer authority in matters related to statewide ballot initiatives from the canvassers to the elections bureau director.

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)