R 168.205 Challenger liaison.

Rule 5. (1) Each clerk shall designate 1 or more election inspectors per Election Day polling place, early voting site, or absent voter ballot processing facility as a challenger liaison. Unless otherwise specified, the challenger liaison at election related sites is the following: (a) At an Election Day polling place, the precinct chairperson. (b) At an early voting site, the early voting site chairperson. (c) At the clerk’s office, the most senior member of the clerk’s election staff present. (2) Challengers shall not communicate with election inspectors other than the challenger liaison or the challenger liaison’s designee unless otherwise instructed by the challenger liaison or a member of the clerk’s staff. (3) The challenger liaison is responsible for answering challenger questions and addressing challenger concerns. The challenger liaison is made known to challengers on the challenger’s arrival at the Election Day polling place, early voting site, absent voter ballot processing facility, or clerk’s office. (4) If multiple precincts or absent voter counting boards are included in a single location, a single election inspector may serve as the challenger liaison for multiple precincts or absent voter counting boards. (5) Challenger liaisons are responsible for maintaining an orderly election process in the location where the challenger liaisons serve. Challenger liaisons may issue directions to challengers to ensure compliance with the act; with the election inspector’s duty to maintain the peace, regularity, and order at the location where the challenger liaisons are serving under section 678 of the act, MCL 168.678; with these rules; or with the requirement of maintaining an orderly election process. (6) Challengers are required to follow the directions of the challenger liaison. If the challenger objects to the direction, the objection shall be treated as a challenge to an election process described in R 168.209. The challenger may contact the clerk responsible for the jurisdiction to appeal directions that the challenger believes are prohibited by the act or these rules. (7) A challenger liaison may delegate any of their duties under these rules to another election inspector serving in the same location.