January 31, 2007, Introduced by Senators VAN WOERKOM, KUIPERS, BIRKHOLZ, SWITALSKI and JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Campaign and Election Oversight.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 968 (MCL 168.968), as amended by 1989 PA 26.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 968. (1) If a petition is filed under section 960, the
board of county canvassers in the county where the petition is
filed shall conduct the canvass of the recall election. The canvass
of other recall elections shall be by the board of state
canvassers.
If Except as otherwise
provided in subsection (2), if a
board of canvassers determines that a majority of the votes are in
favor of recall, the board of canvassers immediately upon the
determination shall certify the result to the officer with whom the
recall petition was filed. Upon certification, the office is
vacant. The officer with whom the recall petition was filed shall,
immediately upon receipt of the certification, notify the clerk or
secretary of the electoral district or, if the electoral district
is a district library district, the district library board from
which the official was recalled and the recalled official of the
results of the recall election and the date and time of the
certification.
(2) If the officer whose recall is sought is an officer of a
county, city, village, township, or school district, the board of
canvassers shall not certify as provided in subsection (1) unless
the majority of votes is in favor of recall and that majority
totals at least 1 vote more than the votes cast for the officer
whose recall is sought at the election at which the officer was
elected for that term.