April 30, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Farhat, Hummel, Shaffer, LaJoy, Steil, Gaffney, Sheen, Casperson, Milosch, Garfield, Nitz, Brandenburg, Pastor, Taub, Nofs, Bradstreet, DeRossett, Stewart, Middaugh, Hager, Moolenaar, DeRoche, Drolet, Bisbee, Howell, Wenke, Caswell, Van Regenmorter, Vander Veen, Stahl, Stakoe and Newell and referred to the Committee on Local Government and Urban Policy.
A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled
"Michigan election law,"
by amending section 613a (MCL 168.613a), as amended by 1999 PA
72.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 613a. (1) A
Except in 2004 when no statewide
2 presidential primary shall be conducted, a statewide presidential
3 primary election shall be conducted under this act on the fourth
4 Tuesday in February in each presidential election year.
5 (2) A political party that received 5% or less of the total
6 vote cast nationwide for the office of president in the last
7 presidential election shall not participate in the presidential
8 primary election.
9 (3) Except as otherwise provided in sections 614a, 615a,
10 616a, 624g, and 879a, the statewide presidential primary election
1 shall be conducted under the provisions of this act that govern
2 the conduct of general primary elections.