Introduced
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To revise certain regular, school, village and recall election provisions in the <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4820">election consolidation</a> law passed in 2003. The bill is part of a legislative package that makes technical or detail changes to the new system, under which all elections in the state take place on one of four days throughout the year. Among other things it would expand the ability of a school district to change hold its regular elections at a time other than the odd-year general election, and require certain disclosures on the petition form authorizing a school tax "floater" election (see Senate-passed bill description in the link above for an explanation).
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Reform
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one containing technical changes that do not affect its substance as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Oversight, Elections, and Ethics
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that adds provisions related to the electronic transfer and storage of voter registration data by local governments and the Secretary of State, and that also revises other details that do not change the substance of the bill as previously described.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To revise details related to requirements on how village clerks handle candidate nominating petitions.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 106 to 0 (details)
To revise certain regular, school, village and recall election provisions in the <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2003-HB-4820">election consolidation</a> law passed in 2003. The bill is part of a legislative package that makes technical or detail changes to the new system, under which all elections in the state take place on one of four days throughout the year. Among other things it would expand the ability of a school district to change hold its regular elections at a time other than the odd-year general election, and require certain disclosures on the petition form authorizing a school tax "floater" election (see Senate-passed bill description in the link above for an explanation). The bill also revises provisions related to the electronic transfer and storage of voter registration data by local governments and the Secretary of State.
Amendment offered
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To strip out a provision added by the House to to create an electronic database of the digitized signatures of voters, which could be used to verify identity for an election matter. The amendment addresses concerns that such a system could be misused to improperly disenfranchise voters.
The amendment failed 16 to 20 (details)
Amendment offered
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To spell out in detail the permissible uses of a system proposed by the bill to create an electronic database of the digitized signatures of voters, which could be used to verify identity for an election matter. The amendment addresses concerns that such a system could be misused to improperly disenfranchise voters.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 21 to 15 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill, which would also create an electronic database of the digitized signatures of voters that could be used to verify identity for an election matter.
Motion
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To reconsider the vote by which the June 28 Hammerstrom amdendment was adopted, so it can be replaced by new amendments that reflect an agreement on how to provide safeguards preventing the abuse of digitized voter signature records.
The motion passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require Secretary of State election workers training programs to include how to deal with the use of digitized voter signature records.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To repeal provisions in current law related to the file records of voter registration signatures that will become obsolete as the result of using digitized signature records.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require election officials to treat transfer of voter registration requests no differently just because the person's digitized voter registration signature record is not contained in the state qualified voter file database.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require election officials to treat transfer various election law procedures involving the comparison of a voter signature with signatures on recored no differently just because the person's digitized voter registration signature record is not contained in the state qualified voter file database. This would apply to polling places, absentee ballots, petition signature verification, etc.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To establish that the new digitized voter registration signature record provisions go into effect starting in 2007.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill, which would also create an electronic database of the digitized signatures of voters that could be used to verify identity for an election matter, after inserting provisions designed to create safeguards to prevent misuse of the system to improperly disenfranchise voters.
Passed in the House 105 to 0 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed provisions adding statutory safeguards to prevent misuse of the proposed electronic database of digitized voter signatures.
