SB-0425, As Passed Senate, November 8, 2018

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 425

A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

"Michigan election law,"

(MCL 168.1 to 168.992) by adding section 509ii.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

Sec. 509ii. (1) The secretary of state shall develop and

maintain an electronic voter registration interface to allow an

applicant to submit a voter registration application electronically

through the secretary of state's website. The electronic voter

registration interface must do all of the following:

(a) Transmit the application to the qualified voter file.

(b) Interact with the state operator's or chauffeur's license

file, enhanced driver license file, official state personal

identification card file, and enhanced state personal

identification card file for authentication purposes.

developed by the secretary of state that includes, but is not

limited to, verifying all of the following:

(i) The last 4 digits of the applicant's social security

number.

(ii) The applicant's operator's or chauffeur's license number,

enhanced driver license number, official state personal

identification card number, or enhanced official state personal

identification card number.

(iii) The applicant's full name as printed on his or her

operator's or chauffeur's license, enhanced driver license,

official state personal identification card, or enhanced official

state personal identification card.

(iv) The applicant's date of birth.

(v) The applicant's eye color as printed on his or her

operator's or chauffeur's license, enhanced driver license,

official state personal identification card, or enhanced official

state personal identification card.

(d) Require the applicant's assent to submit a voter

registration application electronically and require the applicant's

assent to use his or her most recent digitized signature if

captured or reproduced by the secretary of state under section 307

of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.307, section 5

of the enhanced driver license and enhanced official state personal

identification card act, 2008 PA 23, MCL 28.305, or 1972 PA 222,

MCL 28.291 to 28.300.

(e) Issue a receipt to the applicant in the manner prescribed

by the secretary of state.

(f) Utilize additional security features considered

appropriate by the secretary of state or the department of

technology, management, and budget to prevent unauthorized access

to data or information, or to ensure that a person attempting to

use the electronic voter registration interface is an individual.

(2) The secretary of state shall develop an electronic voter

registration application that includes all of the same information

as provided on the mail registration form developed by the

secretary of state under section 509n(a), and also includes the

notice required under section 307(1)(c) of the Michigan vehicle

code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.307.

(3) Only an individual who possesses both of the following is

eligible to submit an electronic voter registration application:

(a) The qualifications of an elector as provided in section

492.

(b) A valid official state personal identification card issued

under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300, an enhanced official state

personal identification card issued under the enhanced driver

license and enhanced official state personal identification card

act, 2008 PA 23, MCL 28.301 to 28.308, a valid operator's or

chauffeur's license issued under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA

300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923, or an enhanced driver license issued

under the enhanced driver license and enhanced official state

personal identification card act, 2008 PA 23, MCL 28.301 to 28.308.

(4) If an elector utilizes the electronic voter registration

interface to indicate a change of address, the state bureau of

elections shall send a confirmation notice to the elector's

previous address.

(5) An individual is not permitted to use the electronic voter

registration interface if the individual meets any of the following

conditions:

(a) The individual ordered a duplicate of an operator's or

chauffeur's license, an enhanced driver license, an official state

personal identification card, or an enhanced official state

personal identification card the same day as submitting an

electronic voter registration application.

(b) The individual submitted a change of address for an

operator's or chauffeur's license, an enhanced driver license, an

official state personal identification card, or an enhanced

official state personal identification card within the 10 days

before submitting an electronic voter registration application.

license, an expired enhanced driver license, an expired official

state personal identification card, or an expired enhanced official

state personal identification card.

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 all of the following bills of the 99th Legislature are

enacted into law:

(a) Senate Bill No. 426.

(b) Senate Bill No. 427.