R 168.43 Download and backup.

Rule 3. (1) For the early voting period, if a jurisdiction conducts early voting, the clerk designated in the early voting agreement shall access the early voting electronic pollbook software as instructed by the department. (2) For election day, the clerk conducting the election shall download the electronic pollbook software as instructed by the department. (3) If the electronic pollbook software as described in section 668b(1) of the act, MCL 168.668b, has a secure live connection to the qualified voter file software at a polling place or early voting site, the electronic pollbook software with the secure live connection must be used to process voters and to generate election precinct reports, and the downloaded electronic pollbook software, or a paper copy of the downloaded electronic pollbook software, serves as a backup.