SENATE BILL No. 1459

September 26, 2002, Introduced by Senator BYRUM and referred to the Committee on Government

Operations.

A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

"Michigan election law,"

by amending section 509t (MCL 168.509t), as amended by 1998

PA 21.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 509t. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law

2 to the contrary, a person who is a qualified elector in this

3 state and who registers to vote in a manner consistent with the

4 national voter registration act of 1993 , is considered a reg-

5 istered voter under this act.

6 (2) A person who registers to vote in a jurisdiction in this

7 state by mail shall vote in person if that person has not previ-

8 ously voted in person in that jurisdiction UNLESS THE PERSON'S

9 SIGNATURE ON THE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION IS NOTARIZED.

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1 This subsection does not apply to any of the following registered

2 voters:

3 (a) A person entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the

4 uniformed and overseas citizens absentee voting act, Public Law

5 99-410, 100 Stat. 924.

6 (b) A person who has WITH a disability as defined in sec-

7 tion 103 of the persons with disabilities civil rights act, 1976

8 PA 220, MCL 37.1103. , or

9 (C) A PERSON who is 60 years of age or older.

10 (D) (c) A person who is entitled to vote other than in

11 person under any other federal law.

12 (3) This section does not preclude this state from prosecut-

13 ing a violation of this act that is also a violation of any fed-

14 eral election or voting rights law.

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