R 168.204 Credential card.

Rule 4. (1) The authority required under section 732 of the act, MCL 168.732, shall be in a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and be known as the Michigan challenger credential card. (2) A credential card may be digital and presented on a phone or other electronic device. If a challenger uses a digital credential, the credential must mirror the physical template credential form promulgated by the secretary of state and must not include any information or graphics that are not included or requested on the physical template credential form. (3) No county, city, or township clerk shall approve an organization’s application to credential challengers under section 731(1) of the act, MCL 168.731, unless the facsimile of the credential card submitted by the organization is in a form prescribed by the secretary of state. (4) If any field required on the credential card is blank, the credential is invalid and the individual presenting the form cannot serve as a challenger. (5) The credential card shall not be displayed or shown to voters. (6) Clerks may allow or require challengers serving at a polling place on Election Day, at an early voting site during the early voting period, or at a clerk’s office at any time that voters are present, to wear a reasonably sized nametag or badge. The nametag or badge cannot include any text or graphics aside from the challenger’s name and the words “election challenger”. The nametag must be printed on white paper, and the words “election challenger” must be printed in black ink. (7) Clerks may allow or require challengers present at absent voter ballot processing facilities to display the challenger’s credential card or wear nametags or badges that identify challengers and the organization represented by the challenger.