HOUSE BILL No. 6004


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


        A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

   "Michigan election law,"

   by amending section 590b (MCL 168.590b), as amended by 1990 PA

   329.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 590b.  (1)  Except as provided in subsection (2) and

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      subject  SUBJECT to the requirements prescribed in subsections

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       (3) and (4)  (2) AND (3), a qualifying petition for an office

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      shall be signed by a number of qualified and registered electors

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      of the district that is represented by the office being sought by

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      the candidate  equal to not less than 2% of the total number of

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      votes cast for all candidates for governor in the district at the

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      last election in which a governor was elected  AS DETERMINED

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      UNDER SECTION 544F.  In any case, at least 15 signatures shall

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      be submitted.  (2) Subject to the requirements of subsections (3)


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      and (4), if  IF a qualifying petition is for a statewide elective

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      office, the qualifying petition shall be signed by a number of

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      qualified and registered electors of this state  equal to not

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      less than 1% of the total number of votes cast for all candidates

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      for governor at the last election in which a governor was

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      elected  AS DETERMINED UNDER SECTION 544F.

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           (2)  (3)  All signatures on a qualifying petition shall be

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      obtained not more than 180 days immediately before the date of

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      filing under section 590c.

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           (3)  (4)  As part of the minimum number of required signa-

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      tures under this section, a qualifying petition for the office of

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      president of the United States, United States senator, governor,

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      attorney general, secretary of state, state board of education,

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      board of regents of the university of Michigan, board of trustees

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      of Michigan state university, board of governors of Wayne state

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      university, or justice of the supreme court shall be signed by at

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      least 100 registered electors in each of at least 1/2 of the con-

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      gressional districts of the state.





















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