LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Apparently, August just isn’t soon enough for State Senator Sam Singh (D-East Lansing). The Senate majority floor leader wants to bump Michigan’s August primary up to May – starting in 2027.

According to a report from VoteBeat, a nonpartisan outlet covering elections and voting, Singh plans to introduce legislation in the coming weeks that would move the state’s primary from August to May and, in some cases, push certain May elections all the way up to February.

Clerks cry foul.

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Michigan’s municipal clerks aren’t thrilled about the possible election chaos. They’ve wanted lawmakers to reduce the number of elections, not add any additional ones. Canton Township Clerk Michael Siegrist put it plainly: the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks doesn’t want three elections every year.

Bipartisanship briefly sighted, then extinct.

For a moment, Democrats and Republicans reportedly agreed that eliminating the August primary made sense. But like a rare bird, the bipartisan spirit didn’t last. GOP House Speaker Matt Hall now says he’s “strongly opposed” to changes before 2026.

This opposition is what led Singh to change the starting date in his legislation for 2027. He told VoteBeat, “My hope is with the fact that we’re looking at future elections, that there will be an opening at some point for the House to consider it.”

It doesn’t look good though with State Rep. Rachelle Smit (R-Martin), Chair of the House Election Integrity Committee and a former clerk, telling VoteBeat she wouldn’t consider the legislation.