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Michigan clerks, sponsor urge uniform swearing-in date to ensure late ballots are counted
Summary
Representative Jamie Hoadley told the House Committee on Election Integrity that a four‑bill package would move most city, township and village swearing‑in dates to Dec. 1 so ballots postmarked on or before election day but received afterward can be counted before officials take office.
Representative Jamie Hoadley, sponsor of a four‑bill package, told the Michigan House Committee on Election Integrity that the bills aim to ensure local officials are not sworn in before all ballots that were properly postmarked are counted.
Hoadley said the proposals respond to the 2022 constitutional change known as Proposal 2 and its implementing law, Senate Bill 259 (Public Act 25 of 2023), which allow military and overseas ballots postmarked on or before election day to be counted if received within six days after the election.
"Technical fix ensures all votes are counted before a winning candidate assumes his office position," Representative Jamie Hoadley said, describing the bills as "pretty cut, cut and dry" and saying they would move the swearing‑in date for most city, township and village officials to no sooner than Dec. 1.
Mary Clark, Delta Township clerk and a representative of the Michigan…
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