July 15, 2009, Introduced by Senators KUIPERS and BROWN and referred to the Committee on Campaign and Election Oversight.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 519 (MCL 168.519).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
519. No township, city or village clerk or assistant
clerk
shall register any person whom such clerk shall know or have
good
reason to believe not to be a resident and so qualified, nor
shall
any person knowingly or having good reason to believe himself
not
to be such a resident and so qualified, cause himself to be
registered
as an elector. Every person so offending, or who shall
aid
or abet another in so offending, shall upon conviction be
adjudged
guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1) A city, township, or village clerk or assistant clerk
shall not register a person to vote if the clerk or assistant clerk
knows or has good reason to believe that the person is not a
qualified elector.
(2) A person shall not register to vote as an elector if that
person knows or has good reason to believe that he or she is not a
qualified elector.
(3) A person shall not knowingly submit a fraudulent or forged
voter registration application to the secretary of state or a
county, city, township, or village clerk. As used in this
subsection, "person" means a business, individual, proprietorship,
firm, partnership, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, labor
organization, company, corporation, association, committee, or any
other organization or group of persons acting jointly.
(4) A city, township, or village clerk or assistant clerk who
violates subsection (1), or a person who violates subsection (2) or
(3), is guilty of a felony.