Elections: petitions; information required on candidate nominating petitions; modify. Amends secs. 303, 386, 544c & 590h of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.303 et seq.) & adds sec. 544g.

HB 5468 amends Michigan election law to change requirements for school board and metropolitan district candidate petitions. It requires petitions to be nonpartisan, include specific candidate details (like address and website), and sets signature minimums/maxima based on district population (6-20 signatures for districts under 10,000 people, 40-100 for larger districts). The bill adds penalties for signature fraud, including misdemeanor charges for signing multiple petitions for the same office and felony charges for using multiple names on a single petition. Candidates can now pay a $100 filing fee instead of gathering signatures to qualify for the ballot.