Mich. Admin. Code R. 168.21 - Definitions
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Election official" means the township,
city, or county clerk or their staff responsible for verifying
signatures.
(b) "Master card" means
the master card document referenced in 761(2), 1954 PA 116, MCL
168.761, and
766(2),
1954 PA 116, MCL
168.766.
(c) "Qualified voter file" means the voter
registration database maintained by the Secretary of State.
(d) "Signature on file" means the signature
of the voter contained in the qualified voter file. If the qualified voter file
does not contain the voter's digitized signature, the signature of the voter
contained on the master card is the signature on file. If an absent voter
ballot application signature has been compared against the signature of the
voter contained in the qualified voter file or on the master card and the
absent voter ballot application signature has been determined to agree
sufficiently with the signature of the voter contained in the qualified voter
file or on the master card, the absent voter ballot application signature is
also a "signature on file" for the purpose of this ruleset. Nothing in this
ruleset shall be construed to allow an absent voter ballot application
signature to be used to validate an absent voter ballot envelope signature
unless the absent voter ballot application signature has been found to agree
sufficiently with the signature of the voter contained in the qualified voter
file or on the master card.
Notes
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