HOUSE BILL No. 4933


     June 17, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Wallace, Murphy, Baird, Curtis, Dobronski, DeHart, Bankes, Vaughn, Leland, Griffin, Harder, Kelly, Scott, Schermesser, Cherry, Thomas, Agee, Hanley, Parks, Varga, Hood, Hale, Quarles, Stallworth, Kilpatrick and Rison and referred to the Committee on Local Government.


        A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

   "Michigan election law,"

   by amending section 624 (MCL 168.624), as amended by 1996 PA

   583.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 624.  (1) A person holding a public office in this

 2    state or a municipal subdivision of this state may become a can-

 3    didate for delegate to the county or district conventions.

 4         (2) A candidate for delegate to the county or district con-

 5    ventions of a political party shall be a qualified and registered

 6    elector residing within, as well as having his or her actual bona

 7    fide residence within, the election precinct for which he or she

 8    desires to become a candidate.  A candidate shall file an

 9    affidavit of identity as prescribed in section 558(1) with the

10    county clerk of the county  or the clerk of the city or township 


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 1    in which the candidate resides.  A clerk shall receive affidavits

 2    of identity under this section up to 4 p.m. on the  twelfth

 3     Tuesday  NINETY-FIRST DAY preceding the time designated for hold-

 4    ing a primary election in the county.  Within 4 days after the

 5     last day for filing affidavits of identity under this section,

 6     the city or township clerk shall forward to the county clerk the

 7     affidavit of identity of each candidate who has qualified for a

 8     position on the primary ballot.  All duly elected and certified

 9    delegates shall be seated at the county or district county

10    conventions.  A person violating this section is guilty of a

11    misdemeanor.

12         (3) If a written complaint is made to the county clerk with

13    respect to the registration or bona fide residence, or both, of a

14    candidate, the county clerk shall check with the township or city

15    clerk of the township or city in which the candidate is regis-

16    tered or residing, or both.  The township or city clerk shall

17    report back to the county clerk within 48 hours as to the regis-

18    tration or bona fide residence, or both, of the candidate.  If

19    the township or city clerk's report shows that the candidate is

20    not a registered elector or a bona fide resident of the election

21    precinct of the township or city for which the petition shows the

22    candidate is a resident, the county clerk shall remove the name

23    of the candidate from the ballot.  A complaint received by the

24    county clerk after the ballots have been released for printing

25    and before the primary election shall not be acted upon.







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