R 168.220 Challenger appeal of challenger liaison or election inspector determinations.

Rule 20. (1) A challenger may appeal to the city or township clerk of the jurisdiction where the challenger is serving a decision by the challenger liaison or other election inspectors relating to any of the following: (a) The validity of a challenge. (b) A challenger’s conduct. (c) A challenger’s ejection. (2) The following apply to a challenger appeal: (a) The appeal must be made outside the hearing of voters. (b) If the challenger is appealing the ejection, the appeal must be made after the challenger has left the polling place, early voting site, or absent voter ballot processing facility. If the city or township clerk rejects the challenger’s ejection as improper, the clerk shall inform the challenger liaison and the challenger shall be allowed to reenter the polling place, early voting site, or absent voter ballot processing facility. (c) At the request of a challenger, the challenger liaison shall provide the contact information of the city or township clerk. (3) The challenger may appeal the decision of the local clerk to the bureau of elections. (4) A challenger shall not appeal to the city or township clerk an election inspector’s resolution of a challenge to a voter’s eligibility to vote. Appeals of an election inspector’s resolution of an eligibility challenge can only be adjudicated through the judicial process after Election Day.