Senate bill 757 was a Michigan bill aimed to allow certain city and township clerks to open absent voter ballot return envelopes on the day before election day, as well as require notice to be issued to electors for mismatched or missing signatures on an absent voter ballot application or return envelope. Less importantly it also allows precinct election inspectors to work in shifts and provides requirements for absent voter ballot drop boxes. [1]
The bill only allows basic pre-processing of absentee voter ballots only in counties with populations over 25,000 and only on the day before the election. [1] Election workers were only allowed to perform these pre-processing steps under the supervision of election inspectors from both major political parties (Republicans and Democrats). [1] Additionally, election workers were still prohibited from tabulating the ballots or even removing them from their secrecy sleeves. [1]
Notably the bill was sponsored largely by republicans (Ruth Johnson, Peter Lucido, Aric Nesbitt, Jim Runestad, Michael MacDonald, and Peter MacGregor). [1]