By Richard Winger On May 15, the Michigan Senate Elections & Government Reform Committee passed SB 329. Here is a description of the bill. IT would say that if a municipal city clerk misinformed candidates for city office about the deadline for them to submit petitions to be on the ballot, then that deadline could be adjusted for that year only.
The bill exists because election officials in Flint this year told candidates that the deadline was a week later than the actual deadline. If the bill doesn’t pass, all candidates for Mayor will be required to be write-in candidates, because …read more