R 168.213 Recording of challenges.

Rule 13. (1) If a challenger makes a challenge known to a challenger liaison without identifying the election process challenged as required by these rules, or otherwise fails to provide information required to support a challenge under the act or these rules, the challenger liaison shall ask the challenger to state the missing information necessary to support the challenge. If the challenger cannot state the information supporting the challenge, the challenge does not have a sufficient basis and is impermissible. (2) A challenger making a challenge determined to have sufficient basis under subrule (1) of this rule shall be provided with a challenge recording form prescribed by the secretary of state. The challenger shall complete the form and return the form to the challenger liaison or election inspector designated by the challenger liaison in order for the challenge to be recorded. The challenge recording form must include fields specifying the time that the challenge is made, the name of the challenger making the challenge, the organization the challenger represents, the type of challenge being made, and other information determined necessary or appropriate by the secretary of state. (3) Permissible challenges to a voter’s eligibility properly made under these rules must be recorded in the physical pollbook and, if it is being used at that location, in the electronic pollbook. The record included in the pollbook must contain a short description of the challenge and the resolution of the challenge. (4) If a challenge is properly made but ultimately rejected, the record of the challenge in the pollbook must note in the pollbook the reason that the challenge was rejected. (5) After the close of polls or after ballot processing is completed, challenge recording forms must be maintained with the physical pollbook.