March 5, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Gamrat, Courser, Hooker and Glenn and referred to the Committee on Elections.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending sections 42 and 45 (MCL 168.42 and 168.45), section 42
as amended by 1999 PA 216 and section 45 as amended by 1985 PA 160.
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 is 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 is 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.
Sec. 45. Marking a cross (X) or a check mark (ü) in the circle
under
the party name of a political party
, at the general November
election
in a presidential year , shall
not be considered and taken
as a direct vote for the candidates of that political party for
president and vice-president or either of them, but, as to the
presidential
vote, as a vote for the entire list or set of
presidential
electors chosen by that political party and certified
to
the secretary of state pursuant to this chapter.for that
congressional district and for the state at large.