Elections: voting procedures; voter access and assistance provisions; provide for. Amends secs. 726, 736 & 751 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.726 et seq.); adds secs. 653c, 653d, 653e, 726a & 753a & repeals sec. 579 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.579). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0961’26, SB 0963’26
Key claim: SB0964 amends Michigan’s Election Law to add new voter access and assistance provisions, including new sections on voting procedures, while repealing an existing section, tied to companion bills SB0961 and SB0963.
Abstract
(SB0964 · 103rd Legislature) Elections: voting procedures; voter access and assistance provisions; provide for. Amends secs. 726, 736 & 751 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.726 et seq.); adds secs. 653c, 653d, 653e, 726a & 753a & repeals sec. 579 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.579). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0961’26, SB 0963’26 Latest action (2026-06-16): Referred To Committee On Election Integrity
Why this matters
SB0964 is the procedural companion in the SB0961–SB0964 voting-rights package: while SB0961 creates a state Voting Rights Act, SB0964 rewrites the operational sections of Michigan’s Election Law that govern how voters are assisted at the polls and how ballots are cast. For clerks, new sections 653c–653e and 726a plus amendments to secs. 726, 736 & 751 would change day-of-voting procedures and assistance workflows; the repeal of sec. 579 removes an existing provision whose substance will need to be tracked as the tie-barred package advances.