HB 5468 — Elections: petitions; information required on candidate nominating petitions; modify. Amends secs. 303, 386, 544c & 590h of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.303 et seq.) & adds sec. 544g.

HB-5468, As Passed House, March 3, 2026 HOUSE BILL NO.

(1) Subject to subsection (8), for an individual's name to appear on the official ballot as a candidate for school board member, the candidate shall file a nominating petition and STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j the affidavit required by under section 558 with the school district filing official not later than 4 p.m.

We, the undersigned, registered and qualified voterselectors of _______________________________________________________ (legal name of school district) and residents of the _______________________________, the (legal name of school district)(city or township) county of _____________________________, state of Michigan, (city or township) nominate __________________________________________________ (name of candidate) _______________________________ ________________________, (street address)(city or (city or township)(county) township) _________________________________________________________, (candidate's website address, if any) STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j a registered and qualified elector of the district as a member of the board of education of the school district for a term of ______ years, expiring ______, to be voted for at the election to be held on the ______ day of ___________, ______.

(8) Instead of filing nominating petitions, a candidate for STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j school board member may pay a nonrefundable filing fee of $100.00 to the school district filing official.

(2) The nominating petition shall must be substantially in the STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j form prescribed in section 544c, except that the nominating petition shall must be nonpartisan and shall must include the following opening paragraph:

STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j (5) After a nominating petition is filed for a candidate for metropolitan district officer, the candidate is not permitted to withdraw unless a written withdrawal notice, signed by the candidate, is filed with the metropolitan district election coordinator not later than 4 p.m.

, (Candidate's Website Address, if any) STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j as a candidate of the ...................

and that, to his or her the circulator's best knowledge and belief, each signature is STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j the genuine signature of the person individual purporting to sign the petition, the person individual signing the petition was at the time of signing a registered elector of the city or township listed in the heading of the petition, and the elector was qualified to sign the petition.

________________________________________________ (Printed Name and Signature of Circulator) (Date) ________________________________________________ (Complete Residence Address (Street and Number or Rural Route)) Do not enter a post office box ________________________________________________ (City or Township, State, Zip Code) ________________________________________________ (County of Registration, if Registered to Vote, of a Circulator who is not a Resident of Michigan) STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j Warning-A circulator knowingly making a false statement in the above certificate, a person an individual not a circulator who signs as a circulator, or a person an individual who signs a name other than his or her the individual's own name as circulator is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(3) If the circulator of a petition under section 482, a qualifying petition for an office named in section 590b(4), or a petition to form a new political party under section 685 is not a resident of this state, the circulator shall indicate where provided on the certificate of circulator that he or she the circulator agrees to accept the jurisdiction of this state for the purpose of any legal proceeding or hearing initiated under section STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j 476, 552, 590f(2), or 685 that concerns a petition sheet executed by the circulator and agrees that legal process served on the secretary of state or a designated agent of the secretary of state has the same effect as if personally served on the circulator.

STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j (a) Sign a petition with a name other than his or her the individual's own name.

(12) If an individual violates subsection (8) or (10) and the affected petition sheet is filed, each of the following who knew of the violation of subsection (8) or (10) before the filing of the affected petition sheet and who failed to report the violation to the secretary of state, the filing official, if different, the STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j attorney general, a law enforcement officer, or the county prosecuting attorney is guilty of a misdemeanor , punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00, or imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both:

STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j (14) If an individual refuses to comply with a subpoena of the board of state canvassers in an investigation of an alleged violation of subsection (8), (10), or (12), the board of state canvassers may hold the canvass of the petitions in abeyance until the individual complies.

............................., STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j (Street Address or R.R.)(City or (City or Township)(County) Township) .........................................................., (Candidate's Website Address, if any) as a candidate without party affiliation for the office of ...........................................................

(c) If not a circulator, sign a qualifying petition as a STM H04945'25_HB5468_INTR_1H04945'25_HB5468_APH_1 2v5uy8nczk6j circulator.

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