Michigan Administrative Code
Department - State
Elections & Campaign Finance
Use of Optical Scan Tabulators by Absentee Voters
Section R. 168.779 - Preparation and delivery of election supplies

(1) The clerk of the unit of government providing the voting devices or an authorized assistant shall place into a transfer case the ballot cards for each precinct. The transfer case shall be secured with a metal seal and contain a certificate signed by the clerk or an authorized assistant setting forth the number of ballots in the case and that the ballots were counted and sealed by the clerk or by an authorized assistant. Ballot cards not issued to a precinct or assigned for absentee voting shall be secured and accounted for by the clerk. The clerk shall maintain a record of the number of ballot cards and serial numbers issued to each precinct. The ballot cards shall be delivered to the chairperson or a member of the board of inspectors of the proper precinct.

(2) Precinct supplies shall include the following items:

(3) If the precinct header card is sent to the precinct, it shall be contained in an envelope for that purpose and included in the transfer case for the precinct.

(4) The voting devices, demonstration voting devices, voting booths, ballot cards, ballot envelopes, transfer case, and all other necessary supplies shall be delivered to the precinct not later than 6:30 a.m. on election day.

(5) A ballot box shall be provided to each precinct for the deposit of voted ballot cards. The ballot box shall be capable of being locked or sealed during election day.