Michigan Administrative Code › Department - State › Elections & Campaign Finance › Use of Optical Scan Tabulators by Absentee Voters › Section R. 168.771 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1.
(1) As used
				in these rules:
(a) "Absent voter ballot card"
				means a ballot card attached to a backing that aids a voter to punch out the
				scored positions on the ballot card.
(b) "Accuracy test" means a test conducted to
				determine that the program and the computer being used to tabulate the results
				of the election count the votes in the manner prescribed by the act.
(c) "Act" means Act No. 116 of the Public
				Acts of 1954, as amended, being S168.1 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws,
				and known as the Michigan election law.
(d) "Approved computer" means a manufacturer
				model which has been approved by the board of state canvassers to tabulate
				ballot cards in this state.
(e)
				"Ballot card" means a data processing card approved by the board of state
				canvassers.
(f) "Ballot label
				assembly" means the assembled unit containing ballot labels and mask.
(g) "Certifying board" means a board
				consisting of not less than 2 members of differing political party preference
				which certifies the precinct results on election night.
(h) "Chad" means the scored rectangular
				portion of the ballot card which is punched out of the ballot card by the voter
				when casting a vote.
(i)
				"Combination ballot card and write-in ballot" means a ballot card with a
				separate card attached to it by perforation and which contains instructions and
				spaces for write-ins. The write-in portion shall be of a size other than that
				of the ballot card.
(j) "Computer"
				means 1 or more pieces of automatic tabulating equipment which examines,
				tabulates, and counts votes recorded on ballot cards or magnetic tapes and
				prints results.
(k) "Console log"
				means a listing of the computer responses to program instructions and of
				instructions to the computer by the operator.
(l) "Correction tape" means a tape designed
				solely for use in correcting errors on data processing cards.
(m) "Demonstration ballot card" means a
				ballot card of a distinctive color used to instruct voters on the use of the
				voting device. The card shall have the word "DEMONSTRATION" printed or stamped
				on it.
(n) "Demonstrator model"
				means a voting device on which voters are instructed in the use of the
				device.
(o) "Duplicate ballot card"
				means a ballot card on which the word "DUPLICATE" is printed, stamped, or
				written and which is used to transfer a voter's valid selections from the
				original ballot card.
(p) "Edit
				listing" means a listing showing the names, rotation sequence, and ballot
				position numbers for each candidate and proposal as they appear in the program
				for each precinct.
(q) "End card"
				means a data processing card which instructs the computer that all ballots of a
				precinct have been counted.
(r)
				"Header card" means a data processing card which contains the necessary data to
				identify a precinct to the computer. A header card may be an end card for the
				preceding precinct.
(s) "Mask"
				means a piece of material with defined areas for each voting position, into
				which holes are punched corresponding only to the voting positions appearing on
				the ballot label.
(t) "Overvote"
				means a combination of votes, including write-in votes, which exceeds the
				number for which the elector is entitled to vote.
(u) "Program" means the operating
				instructions for a computer by which it examines, counts, tabulates, and prints
				the results of the votes cast on a ballot card.
(v) "Receiving board" means a board
				consisting of not less than 2 members of differing political party preference
				which receives the sealed transfer case from the precinct election
				inspectors.
(w) "Receiving station"
				means a site which is located at a building or place other than where the
				counting center is located.
(x)
				"Self-contained voting station" means a unit containing a voting device having
				curtains on not less than 3 sides and which, when assembled, creates an
				individual voting station.
(y)
				"Specialized computer" means automatic tabulating equipment constructed
				primarily for the purpose of tabulating ballots and printing results.
(z) "Spoiled ballot" means a ballot card
				which has been returned by a voter and for which a new ballot card has been
				issued.
(aa) "Template" means a
				piece of material containing precisely located holes, conical in shape and
				positioned so that a stylus tip can penetrate only the scored areas of the
				ballot card.
(bb) "Transfer case"
				means a metal container used for transporting and storing voted ballot cards.
				The container shall be capable of being sealed with a metal seal and be
				approved in the manner ballot boxes are approved pursuant to section 24j of the
				act.
(cc) "Valid punch" means a
				punch of a ballot card such that the chad is completely removed or is hanging
				by 1 or 2 corners.