Mich. Admin. Code R. 168.772 - General provisions
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electronic voting systems are used, except where superseded by specific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.
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