Act No. 87
Public Acts of 2023
Approved by the Governor
July 18, 2023
Filed with the Secretary of State
July 19, 2023
EFFECTIVE DATE: Sine Die
(91st day after final adjournment of the 2023 Regular Session)
STATE OF MICHIGAN
102ND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
Introduced by Senators Chang, Moss, Singh, Brinks, Wojno, Cavanagh, Hertel, Geiss, Polehanki,
Irwin, McCann, Camilleri, Cherry, Shink, McDonald Rivet, McMorrow and McBroom
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 373
AN ACT to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled “An act to reorganize, consolidate, and add to the election laws; to
provide for election officials and prescribe their powers and duties; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain
state departments, state agencies, and state and local officials and employees; to provide for the nomination and
election of candidates for public office; to provide for the resignation, removal, and recall of certain public officers;
to provide for the filling of vacancies in public office; to provide for and regulate primaries and elections; to provide
for the purity of elections; to guard against the abuse of the elective franchise; to define violations of this act; to
provide appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; and to repeal certain acts and all other acts
inconsistent with this act,” by amending section 2 (MCL 168.2), as amended by 2018 PA 603.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) “Absent voter” is a voter who utilizes the process described in section 759.
(b) “Absent voter ballot” means a ballot that is issued to a voter through the absent voter process.
(c) “Ballot container” is defined in section 14a.
(d) “Business day” or “secular day” means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
(e) “Clearly observable boundaries” is defined in section 654a.
(f) “Common carrier” means a company that transports mail, on reasonable request, on regular routes and at
set rates.
(g) “Educational institution” means a public or private institution, or a separate school or department of a
public or private institution, that is authorized by law or an accrediting body to grant or issue a diploma, degree,
certificate, or license, or to grant approval to practice a profession or engage in an enterprise, and includes, but is
not limited to, an academy, high school, college, university, community college, junior college, secondary school,
extension course, or a business, nursing, professional, secretarial, technical, or vocational school.
(h) “Election” means an election or primary election at which the electors of this state or of a subdivision of
this state choose or nominate by ballot an individual for public office or decide a ballot question lawfully submitted
to them.
(i) “Election precinct” is defined in section 654.
(j) “Fall” state and county conventions and “spring” state and county conventions are assigned meanings in
section 596.
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(k) “General election” or “general November election” means the election held on the November regular election
date in an even numbered year.
(l) “Identification for election purposes” means, if issued to the individual presenting the card or document and
if presented for voting purposes the name on the card or document sufficiently matches the individual’s name in
the individual’s voter registration record so as to accurately identify the individual as the registered elector, or if
issued to the individual presenting the card or document and if presented for voter registration purposes, any of
the following:
(i) An 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.
(ii) An official state personal identification card issued under 1972 PA 222, MCL 28.291 to 28.300, or 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.
(iii) A current operator’s or chauffeur’s license issued by another state.
(iv) A current state personal identification card issued by another state.
(v) A current state government issued photo identification card.
(vi) A current United States passport or federal government issued photo identification card.
(vii) A current military photo identification card.
(viii) A current tribal photo identification card.
(ix) A current photo identification card issued by a local government.
(x) A current student photo identification card issued by an educational institution.
(m) “Immediate family” means an individual’s father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, and spouse and
a relative of any degree residing in the same household as that individual.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Bill No. 367 of the 102nd Legislature
is enacted into law.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved
Governor
Compiler's note: Senate Bill No. 367, referred to in enacting section 1, was filed with the Secretary of State July
19, 2023, and became 2023 PA 81, Eff. Feb. 13, 2024.
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