Mich. Admin. Code R. 168.776 - Preparation of official test deck

Rule 6.

(1) The election commission providing the program or its authorized assistant shall prepare a test deck with predetermined results.

(2) The test deck shall consist of ballot cards of the same type to be used in the election with the word "TEST" stamped, printed, or written on each card.

(3) A document, record, chart, or listing shall be prepared indicating the punches recorded in the test ballot card. This documentation shall indicate each valid or invalid vote.

(4) In addition to other requirements of the act, a ballot card for use in the test deck for a partisan general election shall be prepared:

(a) So that each political party receives not less than 2 straight ticket votes and so that any 2 parties do not receive the same number of straight ticket votes.

(b) So that 2 or more parties receive straight ticket votes on 1 ballot.

(c) So that at least 1 of the ballots with a straight ticket vote for a party shall be individual punches for candidates of the same party, candidates of a different party, candidates for the same office of different parties, and nonpartisan candidates and proposals.

(d) In which punches appear in positions other than those used for candidates, proposals, or to indicate straight party voting.

(e) In which a punch does not appear.

(f) In which a punch appears in each position where a candidate or proposal appears on the ballot label.

(5) In addition to other requirements of the act, a ballot card for use in the test deck for a partisan primary shall be prepared:

(a) So that punches appear on the same ballot card for candidates of different political parties, along with candidates for nonpartisan offices and votes for proposals.

(b) So that punches appear on the same ballot card for candidates of 1 or more political party and a punch made in the "party qualification section" of the ballot, and shall include punches for nonpartisan offices and for proposals.

(c) So that more than 1 punch appears in the "party qualification section" of the ballot.

(6) When 2 or more valid punch positions exist in the combination of numbers listed below, each of the valid punch positions shall be punched into 1 or more ballot cards:

228 Position Ballot Card

1-77-153	20-96-172	39-115-191	58-134-210
2-78-154	21-97-173	40-116-192	59-135-211
3-79-155	22-98-174	41-117-193	60-136-212
4-80-156	23-99-175	42-118-194	61-137-213
5-81-157	24-100-176	43-119-195	62-138-214
6-82-158	25-101-177	44-120-196	63-139-215
7-83-159	26-102-178	45-121-197	64-140-216
8-84-160	27-103-179	46-122-198	65-141-217
9-85-161	28-104-180	47-123-199	66-142-218
10-86-162	29-105-181	48-124-200	67-143-219
11-87-163	30-106-182	49-125-201	68-144-220
12-88-164	31-107-183	50-126-202	69-145-221
13-89-165	32-108-184	51-127-203	70-146-222
14-90-166	33-109-185	52-128-204	71-147-223
15-91-167	34-110-186	53-129-205	72-148-224
16-92-168	35-111-187	54-130-206	73-149-225
17-93-169	36-112-188	55-131-207	74-150-226
18-94-170	37-113-189	56-132-208	75-151-227
19-95-171	38-114-190	57-133-209	76-152-228

235 Position Ballot Card

21-78 40-117 1-97-136-156-176-196-216 22-79
41-118 2-98-137-157-177-197-217 23-80 42-119
3-99-138-158-178-198-218	24-81	43-120
4-100-139-159-179-199-219	25-82	44-121
5-101-140-160-180-200-220	26-83	45-122
6-102-141-161-181-201-221	27-84	46-123
7-103-142-162-182-202-222	28-85	47-124
8-104-143-163-183-203-223	29-86	48-125
9-105-144-164-184-204-224	30-87	49-126
10-106-145-165-185-205-225	31-88	50-127
11-107-146-166-186-206-226	32-89	51-128
12-108-147-167-187-207-227	33-90	52-129
13-109-148-168-188-208-228	34-91	53-130
14-110-149-169-189-209-229	35-92	54-131
15-111-150-170-190-210-230	36-93	55-132
16-112-151-171-191-211-231	37-94	56-133
17-113-152-172-192-212-232	38-95	57-134
18-114-153-173-193-213-233	39-96	58-135
19-115-154-174-194-214-234
20-116-155-175-195-215-235

(7) A duplicate of the test deck shall be prepared. The duplicate of the test deck may consist of standard data processing cards.

Notes

Mich. Admin. Code R. 168.776

1979 AC