HOUSE BILL No. 5463


     February 29, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Switalski and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

   "Michigan election law,"

   by amending section 613a (MCL 168.613a), as amended by 1999 PA

   72.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 613a.  (1) A statewide presidential primary election

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      shall be conducted under this act on the  fourth  FIRST Tuesday

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       in February  AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY in each presidential

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      election year.

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           (2) A political party that received 5% or less of the total

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      vote cast nationwide for the office of president in the last

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      presidential election shall not participate in the presidential

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      primary election.

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           (3) Except as otherwise provided in sections 614a, 615a,

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      616a, 624g, and 879a, the statewide presidential primary election


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      shall be conducted under the provisions of this act that govern

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      the conduct of general primary elections.




















































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