Michigan candidates would disclose dual citizenship for public website listings

Candidates who are citizens of the United States and another country would disclose their other citizenships on their sworn candidate identity form. The requirement would cover candidates filing for federal, state, and local offices in Michigan, including school district offices. Candidates for U.S. president or vice president are exempt from the identity form requirement. For each other country, candidates would list its name, how they obtained citizenship, and whether that citizenship is active or inactive. Candidates would provide the information when filing their candidate identity form.

The Michigan secretary of state would publish the candidate’s name and each other country where the candidate has citizenship. The posting duty would apply to candidate identity forms that identify dual citizenship. If a candidate files a form identifying dual citizenship with another filing official, that official would send a readable digital copy to the secretary of state without delay. The two-business-day deadline would start when the secretary of state receives the form from the candidate or another filing official.