HOUSE BILL No. 6053


     October 3, 2000, Introduced by Reps. Sheltrown, Bovin and Rivet and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Law and
Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

   "Michigan election law,"

   by amending section 795b (MCL 168.795b), as amended by 1990 PA

   109.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 795b.  (1) Ballot labels shall be printed or displayed

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      in plain, clear, black type on white surface.  Questions may be

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      printed or displayed on red tinted surface and the names of can-

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      didates for nonpartisan offices on blue tinted surface.  County

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      questions may be printed or displayed on green tinted surface and

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      local questions may be printed or displayed on buff surface.  In

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      a primary election to identify each political party, the titles

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      of offices and the names of candidates may be arranged in

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      vertical columns or in a series of separate pages or displays.

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      The office title with a statement of the number of candidates to


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      be voted for shall be printed or displayed above or at the side

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      of the names of the candidates for that office.  The offices and

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      candidates shall be printed or displayed in the order provided by

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      law, or if no such provision is made, in the order prescribed by

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      the board of election commissioners of the county, city, village,

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      township, or school district.  If there are more candidates for

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      an office than can be printed or displayed in 1 column or on 1

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      page or display, the ballot label shall be clearly marked that

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      the list of candidates is continued on the following column,

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      page, or display, and so far as possible, the same number of

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      names shall be printed or displayed on each column, page, or

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      display.  Arrows or other directional signs may be used to indi-

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      cate the place to vote for each candidate or question.  FOR PAR-

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      TISAN CANDIDATES, THE TYPEFACE USED TO PRINT THE POLITICAL PARTY

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      DESIGNATION FOR EACH CANDIDATE LISTED ON THE BALLOT SHALL MEET 1

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      OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS, WHICHEVER IS SMALLER:

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           (A) BE AT LEAST 12-POINT TYPEFACE.

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           (B) BE AT LEAST THE SIZE OF THE TYPEFACE USED FOR THE

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      CANDIDATE'S NAME.

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           (2) Ballots that are processed through electronic tabulating

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      equipment after the elector has voted shall have an attached,

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      numbered, perforated stub.













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