February 3, 2005, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 509r (MCL 168.509r), as amended by 2003 PA 302.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 509r. (1) The secretary of state shall establish and
maintain the computer system and programs necessary to the
operation of the qualified voter file. The secretary of state shall
allow each county, city, township, or village access to the
qualified voter file. The county, city, township, and village
clerks shall verify the accuracy of the names and addresses of
registered voters in the qualified voter file.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the secretary of state and
county, city, township, and village clerks shall compile the
qualified voter file that consists of all qualified electors from
the following sources and in the following priority:
(a) A driver's license or, if there is no driver's license, a
state personal identification card, including renewals and changes
of address with the department of state.
(b) An application for benefits or services, including
renewals and changes of address, taken by a designated voter
registration agency.
(c) An application to register to vote taken by a county,
city, township, or village clerk.
(3) A person whose name does not otherwise appear in the
qualified voter file shall be placed in the qualified voter file
only if the person signs under penalty of perjury an application
that contains an attestation that the applicant meets all of the
following requirements:
(a) Is 17-1/2 years of age or older.
(b) Is a citizen of the United States and this state.
(c) Is a resident of the city or township where the person's
street address is located.
(4) A designated voter registration agency or a county, city,
township, or village clerk shall not add to, delete from, or change
any information contained in the qualified voter file during the
period beginning on the seventh day before an election and ending
on the day of the election.
(5) Each county clerk shall provide access on the county
website to the qualified voter file information, as provided in
section 509q, of each registered elector in the county, including
voting participation for the most recent 5-year period. The
secretary of state shall provide a link on its website to each
county's website for access to the qualified voter file
information. If a county does not maintain a website, the
secretary of state shall provide access on its website to the
qualified voter file information, as provided in section 509q, of
each registered elector in that county, including voting
participation for the most recent 5-year period. The secretary of
state and county clerks shall not post or provide any information
that is exempt from disclosure under section 509gg or any other
section of this act.