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Election Integrity
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The source classifies this meeting as held. Proceeding quorum is quorum not determined; that is not an individual attendance finding.
- Meeting date
- 2025-05-20
- Scheduled start
- 2025-05-20 09:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2025-05-20 10:14:00.000000
- Location
- Room 307, House Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2025-05-20 10:14:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-23
- Committee name
- Election Integrity
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON ELECTION INTEGRITY REP. RACHELLE SMIT CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES The House Committee on Election Integrity was called to order by Chair Smit. The Chair requested attendance to be called: Present: Reps. Smit, Fox, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley, Pavlov, Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong. Absent: None. Excused: None. Representative Fox moved to adopt the meeting minutes from May 13, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. The Chair laid a presentation by Erick Kaardal before the committee. Erick Kaardal gave a presentation on fair election competition. Questions and discussions followed. The Chair laid HB 4356 before the committee: Representative Outman moved to report out HB 4356 with recommendation. The motion prevailed 5-1-3: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Smit, Outman, Alexander, Hoadley and Pavlov. Nays: Rep. Fox. Pass: Reps. Wooden, Koleszar and Xiong. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4356, but did not wish to speak: Dee Davey, representing the Salem Meet-up. Tuesday, May 20, 2025 9:00 AM Room 307, House Office Building HB 4356 (Rep. Hoadley) A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled "Michigan election law," by amending section 509bb (MCL 168.509bb), as added by 1994 PA 441. Shelly Lake, representing the township Clerk's office. Patrice Johnson, representing the Michigan Fair Elections Institute. The following person submitted a card wishing to speak with a neutral position on HB 4356, but due to the time constraints were unable to speak: Pam Tobin, representing themselves. There being no further business before the committee, Chair Smit adjourned the meeting at 10:14 AM. Representative Rachelle Smit, Chair Taylor Thrush Committee Clerk tthrush@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 307, House Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2025-05-20
- Meeting id
- meeting-137
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2025-05-20 09:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2025-2026
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Election Integrity,” /meetings/meeting-137.
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