November 29, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Lund and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 42 (MCL 168.42), as amended by 1999 PA 216.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 42. (1) In the year in which presidential electors are to
be elected under section 43, each political party in this state
shall choose at its fall state convention a number of candidates
for electors of president and vice-president of the United States
equal to the number of senators and representatives in congress
that this state is entitled to elect. One presidential elector
shall be chosen from each congressional district, and 2
presidential electors shall be chosen at large. The chairperson and
the secretary of the state central committee of each political
party shall, within 1 business day after the conclusion of the
state convention, forward by registered or certified mail a
certificate containing the names of the candidates for presidential
electors
to the secretary of state. The candidates for electors of
president
and vice-president who shall be considered elected are
those
whose names have been certified to the secretary of state by
that
political party receiving the greatest number of votes for
those
offices at the next November election.
(2) A candidate for presidential elector shall be considered
elected from a congressional district if his or her name was
certified to the secretary of state by a political party as
provided in subsection (1) and that political party receives the
greatest number of votes for president in that congressional
district in the general November election.
(3) A candidate for presidential elector shall be considered
elected at large if his or her name was certified to the secretary
of state by a political party as provided in subsection (1) and
that political party receives the greatest number of votes for
president in this state in the general November election.
(4) The secretary of state shall do all of the following:
(a) Prepare informational material for the general public and
for each county, city, township, and village clerk concerning the
revised electoral voting process as provided in subsections (2) and
(3).
(b) Prepare and submit a report to the governor, senate
majority leader, and speaker of the house of representatives by
September 30, 2012, concerning the operation of the revised
electoral voting process and its impact on this state.
(c) Make the report required under subdivision (b) available
to the general public on an internet website maintained by the
department of state.
(5) For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, there is
appropriated for the department of state the sum of $50,000.00 for
costs incurred by the secretary of state in complying with
subsection (4).