CANCEL PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
FOR 2004
House Bill 4602
Sponsor: Rep. David Farhat
Committee: Local Government and Urban Policy
Complete to 5-1-03
A SUMMARY OF HOUSE BILL 4602 AS INTRODUCED 4-30-03
The bill would amend the Michigan Election Law to cancel the 2004 presidential primary.
(The election law calls for a statewide presidential primary to be conducted on the fourth Tuesday in February in each presidential election year. The bill would add to this provision, "except in 2004 when no statewide presidential primary shall be conducted". To participate in the primary, a political party must have received more than five percent of the total vote cast nationwide for the office of president in the last presidential election.)
MCL 168.613a
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan House staff for use by House members in their deliberations, and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.