HOUSE BILL No. 5716

June 2, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Pagan, Chang, Irwin, Dianda, Wittenberg, Howrylak, Plawecki, Hoadley, Schor, Moss, Neeley, Smiley, Durhal, Guerra, Chirkun, Banks and Geiss and referred to the Committee on Elections.

 

     A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

 

"Michigan election law,"

 

by amending section 786 (MCL 168.786), as amended by 1996 PA 213.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 786. Only 1 voter at a time shall be permitted to pass

 

within the guard rail to vote. The operating of the voting machine

 

by the elector while voting shall be secret and obscure, from all

 

other persons, except as provided by this act in cases of assisted

 

electors or a minor child accompanying an elector in the booth or

 

voting compartment under section 736a. A voter shall not have the

 

right to remain within the voting machine booth longer than 2

 

minutes and if he or she refuses to leave it after the lapse of 2

 

minutes, the voter shall be removed by the inspectors. However, the

 


inspectors may grant the voter further time in their discretion.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.