February 7, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Caswell and Hansen and referred to the Committee on Ethics and Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 499 (MCL 168.499), as amended by 2004 PA 92.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 499. (1) An elector entitled to registration in an
election precinct may become registered in the precinct by applying
in person and signing the registration application before the clerk
or assistant clerk of the township, city, or village in which the
precinct is located. For the performance of his or her duties under
this act, each clerk and assistant clerk has the power to
administer oaths and to swear persons as to the truth of statements
contained in an application. For a better examination of the
applicant, a clerk may employ and swear an interpreter to interpret
all questions put to applicants and the answers to those questions.
If the applicant, in answer to a question or in the registration
application, makes a material statement that is false, the
applicant is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) A clerk or assistant clerk shall not accept a fee from an
elector applying for registration, either for the registering of
the elector or for the taking of the acknowledgment on the
application. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
(3) The clerk, immediately after receiving the registration or
change of address of an elector, shall prepare a voter
identification card for the elector. The clerk shall also prepare
and send a corrected voter identification card to an elector
affected by a change in United States representative, state
senatorial, state representative, or county commissioner district
or precinct. The clerk shall forward by first-class mail the voter
identification card to the elector at the elector's registration
address. However, a clerk may forward by first-class mail the voter
identification card, upon request of the elector, to a post office
box if the post office box is where the elector normally receives
personal mail and the elector does not receive mail at his or her
registration address. The voter identification card shall contain
the name and address of the registrant and the United States
representative, state senatorial, state representative, or county
commissioner district and precinct in which the registrant is an
elector. If the original voter identification card is returned to
the clerk by the post office as nondeliverable, the clerk shall
reject the registration and send the individual a notice of
rejection. If a duplicate voter identification card is returned to
the clerk by the post office, the clerk shall accept this as
information that the elector has moved and the clerk shall proceed
in conformity with section 509aa.