Mich. Admin. Code R. 168.787 - Delegate to county convention

Rule 17.

(1) When 1 or more cities or townships uses electronic voting devices, the board of county election commissioners may provide for the election of delegates to the county convention by means of electronic voting devices.

(2) In communities using electronic voting devices, when the names of candidates for the office of delegate have been printed on the ballot label, the following shall apply:

(a) The precinct inspectors and, when applicable, the absent voter counting board inspectors shall certify and forward the counting center certifying board the write-in votes received for the office of delegate to the county convention, the party for which each vote was cast, the registration status, and street address of each write-in for delegate.

(b) The clerk in charge of the election shall provide to the certifying board the street addresses of those candidates for delegates whose names are printed on the ballot label and, upon request, the registration status of a candidate receiving write-in votes for the office of delegate to the county convention.

(c) The counting center certifying board shall certify the election of delegates to the county convention from the computer results and the write-in certifications. The members of the counting center certifying board shall be deemed to be precinct inspectors of the various election precincts for this purpose.

(3) In communities using electronic voting devices and when the names of delegates have been printed on the ballot labels and absent voters vote for delegates by absent voter ballot card, the absent voter ballot cards may be sent for processing to absent voter counting boards. Absent voter ballots shall be processed and counted as follows:

(a) Absent voter ballot cards shall be identified as to precinct.

(b) Absent voter counting boards shall process the ballots by precinct.

(c) Absent voter counting board shall maintain and certify a separate poll list for each precinct which shall be transported to the counting center.

(d) The ballot cards shall be transported to the counting center in sealed transfer cases in the same manner provided for precinct ballot cards. A transfer case may contain the absent voter ballot cards for more than 1 precinct.

(e) At the counting center, the absent voter ballot cards of a precinct shall be placed with the ballot cards of its corresponding precinct and shall be tabulated and certified together.

(f) The absent voter precinct poll book shall be attached and become part of the precinct poll book.

(g) The transfer case containing the ballot cards may be delivered to the counting center by 2 inspectors appointed by the clerk.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 168.787

1979 AC