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The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

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The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:

Vote date
2024-12-20
Chamber
senate
Result
passed
Yeas
23
Nays
15
Excused
0
Not voting
0
Related measure
measure-5398
Related sitting
sitting-757

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Chamber
senate
Context text
poll book matches the number of the ballot, because these ballots are no longer numbered. Why? What is the problem? Where did we have the need for this? Because we didn’t have a committee hearing on it, that I can remember, I’m not aware of what the need is. And so I voted “no” because it just doesn’t seem like there was a big problem out in the countryside with this issue, and now we’ve potentially created a problem of keeping our ballots straight, and making sure that the books line up and balance, and unbalanced books are always a bad sign in an election and create additional havoc. That’s why I voted “no.” The following bill was read a third time: House Bill No. 6053, entitled A bill to amend 1969 PA 161, entitled “An act to regulate the filing of certain actions involving elections,” by amending section 1 (MCL 691.1031); and to repeal acts and parts of acts. The question being on the passage of the bill, The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:
Excused
0
Measure id
measure-5398
Motion text
The bill was passed, a majority of the members serving voting therefor, as follows:
Nays
15
Not voting
0
Result
passed
Sitting id
sitting-757
Vote date
2024-12-20
Vote id
vote-8245
Vote number
727
Yeas
23

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