§ 168.509qQualified voter file; information to be contained for each voter; requirements

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for program participant in address confidentiality program act; confidentiality of
 preregistration information.
 Sec. 509q.
    (1) Subject to subsection (2), the qualified voter file must contain all of the following
 information for each qualified voter:
    (a) The name; residence address including house number and street name or rural route and
 box number, and the apartment number, if any; city; state; zip code; and date of birth.
    (b) The driver license number or state personal identification card number or similar number
 issued by a designated voter registration agency.
    (c) Jurisdictional information including county and city or township; village, if any;
 metropolitan district, if any; and school district.
    (d) Precinct numbers and ward numbers, if any.
    (e) Any other information that the secretary of state determines is necessary to assess the
 eligibility of qualified electors or to administer voter registration or other aspects of the
 election process.
    (f) Voting history for a 5-year period.
    (g) Before June 30, 2025, the most recent digitized signature of an elector if captured or
 reproduced by the secretary of state or a county, city, or township clerk from a voter
 registration application under section 509hh, or captured or reproduced by the secretary of
 state under section 307 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.307. Beginning
 June 30, 2025, and subject to section 493b(7), the digitized signatures of an elector if captured
 or reproduced by the secretary of state or a county, city, or township clerk from a voter
 registration application under section 509hh, or captured or reproduced by the secretary of
 state under section 307 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.307.
    (2) If a qualified voter is a program participant, as that term is defined in section 3 of the
 address confidentiality program act, 2020 PA 301, MCL 780.853, the qualified voter file must
 also contain the program participant's unique identification number issued by the department
 of the attorney general.
    (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, if a qualified voter is a program
 participant, as that term is defined in section 3 of the address confidentiality program act, 2020
 PA 301, MCL 780.853, the information contained in the qualified voter file for that program
 participant, including the program participant's unique identification number issued by the
 department of the attorney general, is confidential and not subject to disclosure under the
 freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246. The information contained
 in the qualified voter file for a program participant, as that term is defined in section 3 of the
 address confidentiality program act, 2020 PA 301, MCL 780.853, may be used by an election
 official during the normal course of the election official's duties as an election official.
    (4) Subject to section 509gg, if an individual preregisters to vote under section 496a, the
 information contained in the qualified voter file for that individual is confidential and not
 subject to disclosure under the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to
 15.246, until that individual is 17-1/2 years of age.

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