Michigan Administrative Code › Department - State › Elections & Campaign Finance › Use of Optical Scan Tabulators by Absentee Voters › Section R. 168.772 - General provisions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2.
(1) The
				paper ballot procedures in the act shall be applicable in elections in which
				electronic voting systems are used, except where superseded by specific
				provisions of the act or these rules.
(2) A precinct in which electronic voting
				systems are used shall not contain more than the number of registered voters
				permitted by the act in a precinct using voting machines.
(3) Where the board of county commissioners
				provides for the purchase and use of an electronic voting system in a county,
				the county clerk shall have custody of the devices and be responsible for their
				maintenance, repair, and preparation for elections.
(4) Where the legislative body of a city,
				township, or village provides for the purchase and use of an electronic voting
				system, the clerk of the city, township, or village shall have custody of the
				devices and be responsible for their maintenance, repair, and preparation for
				elections.
(5) If a county owns the
				voting devices and the election is an election at which state or county offices
				or proposals are to be voted upon, or an election at which state, county, and
				local offices are to be voted upon, the county election commission shall
				provide programming and computer time and furnish the necessary supplies,
				including printing.
(6) If a county
				owns the voting devices and the election is an election at which only local
				offices and proposals are to be voted upon, the county election commission
				shall provide programming and computer time and furnish the necessary supplies,
				including printing, and the local unit shall reimburse the county for the costs
				of the supplies; or the local unit may agree with the county that the local
				unit shall perform the functions required by this rule to be performed by the
				county.
(7) If a city or township
				owns the voting devices and the election is an election at which state or
				county offices or proposals are to be voted upon, or an election at which
				state, county, and local offices and proposals are to be voted upon, the city
				election commission shall provide the devices, programming, and computer time,
				and the county election commission shall provide ballot cards, ballot
				envelopes, and the printing of the ballot labels. A city or township and a
				county may enter into a mutual agreement that the county shall provide
				programming or computer time, or both.
(8) If a city or township owns the voting
				devices and the election is an election at which only local offices and
				proposals are to be voted upon, the city or township election commission shall
				provide the devices, programming, computer time, ballot cards, ballot
				envelopes, and the printing of ballot labels. A city or township and a county
				may enter into a mutual agreement that the county shall provide programming or
				computer time, or both.
(9) A
				village or school district may contract with a city, county, or township for
				the use of voting devices, programming, and computer time.
(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of
				these rules, the election commissions of local units of government may enter
				into a mutual agreement for the joint use of a program and computer. The
				agreement shall state which local unit has control of the programs and
				computer. An agreement may be made with the county election commission stating
				control of the program and computer shall be vested in the county
				clerk.
(11) For the purpose of
				these rules, when a school election is conducted and the school district is
				supplying the program, the term "election commission" means the secretary and
				president of the school board and the superintendent of the school
				district.