March 11, 2015, Introduced by Senator HILDENBRAND and referred to the Committee on Elections and Government Reform.
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 vice president of the
United States equal to the number of senators and representatives
in congress that this state is entitled to elect. 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 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) Presidential electors shall be allocated as follows:
(a) The number of presidential electors allocated to the
political party of the candidate receiving the most statewide
popular votes for president of the United States shall be
calculated by multiplying the total number of presidential electors
this state is entitled to elect under subsection (1) by the
percentage of statewide popular votes for president of the United
States that that party's candidate receives. If the number of
presidential electors allocated under this subdivision is not a
whole number, then a fractional number of 0.5 or greater shall be
rounded up to the nearest whole number and a fractional number of
less than 0.5 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
(b) The remaining number of presidential electors that this
state is entitled to elect as provided in subsection (1) that are
not allocated under subdivision (a) shall be allocated to the
political party of the candidate receiving the second most
statewide popular votes for president of the United States.
(3) The candidates for electors of president and vice
president of each political party who shall be considered elected
are those whose names have been certified to the secretary of state
under subsection (1) and who have been selected by each political
party based on the allocation of presidential electors under
subsection (2).
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in any year in which
the interstate compact to elect the president by national popular
vote governs the appointment of presidential electors in this
state.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. 88 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into
law.