R 168.206 Total number of challengers; challengers at Election Day polling places, early voting sites, or absent voter ballot processing facilities.

Rule 6. (1) The maximum number of challengers that a credentialing organization may field at a location is determined as follows: (a) If the challengers are serving at an Election Day polling place, the total number of challengers allowed to each credentialing organization at a precinct must not exceed the total number allowed under section 730(1) of the act, MCL 168.730. (b) If the challengers are serving at an early voting site, the total number of challengers allowed to each credentialing organization at a site is the total number allowed under section 730(1) of the act, MCL 168.730, as an early voting site is subject to the same requirements as an Election Day precinct pursuant to section 4(1)(m) of article II of the state constitution of 1963. (c) If the challengers are serving at a single absent voter counting board, 1 challenger, as provided in section 730(1) of the act, MCL 168.730. (d) If the challengers are serving at an absent voter ballot processing facility where more than 1 absent voter counting board is located, 1 challenger for each board, as provided in section 730(1) of the act, MCL 168.730. (e) During processing and tabulation of absent voter ballots before Election Day, the total number of challengers allowed to each credentialing organization at the location must not exceed the total number allowed under section 765a(14) of the act, MCL 168.765a. (f) If the challengers are serving at a local clerk’s office or a satellite location maintained by a clerk, each credentialing organization is limited to 1 challenger at that office. (g) If the challengers are serving at an Election Day vote center, the total number of challengers allowed to each credentialing organization at the location must not exceed the total number allowed under section 523b(2) of the act, MCL 168.523b. (2) At no point shall more than 1 challenger from any single credentialing organization observe the activities of any single team of election inspectors processing ballots at an absent voter ballot processing facility. (3) Clerks shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate the number of challengers equal to the number of credentialing organizations approved to credential challengers in the clerk’s jurisdiction multiplied by the maximum number of challengers allowed in the location as calculated under subrule (1) of this rule. (4) If an Election Day polling place, early voting site, or absent voter ballot processing facility cannot accommodate the total number of challengers contemplated in subrule (1) of this rule, the maximum number of challengers each credentialing organization is allowed to have present in that location as calculated in subrule (1) of this rule is decreased by an equal number for all credentialing organizations. (5) If the absent voter ballot processing facility cannot accommodate 1 challenger for each credentialing organization, the clerk’s notice under section 765a(12) of the act, MCL 168.765a, shall provide notice of the number of challengers that can be accommodated, and 1 challenger per organization is admitted until that number is met. (6) If a challenger leaves a location where the challenger is credentialed to serve, the organization that credentialed that challenger is allowed to replace that challenger with a new challenger credentialed by that organization so long as the replacement process does not disrupt the work of election inspectors or clerk staff present at the location. A replacement challenger shall comply with the provisions of these rules.