Current through Vol. 24-16, September 15, 2024
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.
