HOUSE BILL No. 6003


     September 27, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Bishop and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

   "Michigan election law,"

   by amending sections 93 and 133 (MCL 168.93 and 168.133), as

   amended by 1996 PA 583.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 93.  To obtain the printing of  IN ORDER FOR the name

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      of a person as a candidate for nomination by a political party

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      for the office of United States senator TO APPEAR under a partic-

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      ular party heading  upon  ON the official primary  ballots,

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      there  BALLOT, A NOMINATING PETITION shall be filed with the sec-

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      retary of state.  nominating petitions  THE NOMINATING PETITION

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      SHALL HAVE BEEN signed by a number of qualified and registered

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      electors residing within this state  equal to not less than 1% or

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      more than 2% of the number of votes cast by the party for

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      secretary of state at the last general November election in which


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      a secretary of state was elected  AS DETERMINED UNDER

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      SECTION 544F.  The  petitions  NOMINATING PETITION shall be

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      signed by at least 100 qualified and registered electors in each

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      of at least 1/2 of the congressional districts of  the  THIS

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      state.  Nominating petitions shall be in the form as prescribed

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      in section 544c.  The petitions  THE NOMINATING PETITION shall

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      be  received by  FILED WITH the secretary of state  for filing in

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      accordance with this act up to  NO LATER THAN 4 p.m. of the

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      twelfth Tuesday  preceding  BEFORE the August primary.

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           Sec. 133.  To obtain the printing of  IN ORDER FOR the name

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      of a person as a candidate for nomination by a political party

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      for the office of representative in congress TO APPEAR under a

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      particular party heading  upon  ON the official primary  ballots
   

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      BALLOT in the  various  election precincts of a congressional

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      district,  there shall be filed nominating petitions  A NOMINAT-

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      ING PETITION SHALL HAVE BEEN signed by a number of qualified and

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      registered electors residing in the district  equal to not less

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      than 1% or more than 2% of the number of votes cast by the party

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      in the district for secretary of state at the last general

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      November election in which a secretary of state was elected  AS

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      DETERMINED UNDER SECTION 544F.  If the congressional district

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      comprises more than 1 county, the nominating  petitions  PETITION

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      shall be filed with the secretary of state NO LATER THAN

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      4 P.M. OF THE TWELFTH TUESDAY BEFORE THE AUGUST PRIMARY.  If the

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      congressional district  comprises  IS WITHIN 1 county,  or less,
   

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      the nominating  petitions  PETITION shall be filed with the

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      county clerk of that county NO LATER THAN 4 P.M. OF THE TWELFTH



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      TUESDAY BEFORE THE AUGUST PRIMARY.  Nominating petitions shall be

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      in the form as prescribed in section 544c.  The secretary of

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      state and the various county clerks shall receive nominating

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      petitions for filing in accordance with this act up to 4 p.m. of

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      the twelfth Tuesday preceding the August primary. 














































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