Michigan 2023-2024 Regular Session

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11 SENATE BILL NO. 295 A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled "Michigan election law," by amending section 42 (MCL 168.42), as amended by 1999 PA 216. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 42. 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 President and vice-president Vice President of the United States equal to the number of senators and representatives in congress Congress that this state is entitled to elect. 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 Except as otherwise provided in this section, the candidates for electors of president President and vice-president Vice President who shall be are 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. If the agreement among the states to elect the President by national popular vote governs the appointment of presidential electors as provided in that agreement, the candidates for electors of President and Vice President who are considered elected are those whose names have been certified to the secretary of state by that political party receiving the largest national popular vote total for those offices at the next November election. Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4156 of the 102nd Legislature is enacted into law.
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