Precinct Size Reform.pdf

Senate Bills 572 and 573 aim to amend the Michigan Election Law by changing the maximum number of electors allowed in a precinct from 5,000 to 4,999. Key points include:

Senate Bill 572 allows precincts to be consolidated if they have fewer than 4,999 active registered voters, with consolidations occurring at least 120 days before a primary or election.
Senate Bill 573 requires city and township election commissions to divide precincts into districts with no more than 4,999 active registered voters, with divisions happening in the second year following each federal census.
The bills are expected to have no fiscal impact on local units of government, except in rare cases where a unit has exactly 5,000 active registered voters and becomes ineligible to consolidate precincts.
The state is not expected to incur any fiscal impact from the bills.
* The legislation is identical to a previously passed House bill (H-1 substitute for Senate Bill 374) and reverses a recent increase in allowable precinct size from 2,999 to 5,000 (2023 PA 88).