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House committee hears bill to remove party-affiliation box for nonpartisan candidates
Summary
Lawmakers and two Third Circuit judges told the House Committee on Election Integrity that House Bill 48 61 would stop candidates for nonpartisan offices from being disqualified over a confusing affidavit requirement; the committee heard testimony but took no vote.
The Michigan House Committee on Election Integrity heard testimony on House Bill 48 61 on a procedural change to candidate affidavits that sponsors say would prevent disqualification of nonpartisan candidates over party-affiliation paperwork.
Representative Outman told the committee, “I have a really simple bill for you this morning,” and described HB 48 61 as “a simple but important fix to Michigan's election law.” He said the bill would remove the requirement that candidates for explicitly nonpartisan offices declare a party affiliation on their affidavit of identity.
The change aims to address what supporters described as an unclear statutory requirement that in recent election cycles led to…
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