R 168.789 Absent voter counting board.

Rule 19. (1) The board of election commissioners shall appoint the election inspectors to absent voter counting boards not less than 21 days before the election at which absent voter counting boards are to be used, as provided in sections 673a and 674 of the act, MCL 168.673a and 168.674. (2) The board of election inspectors at the absent voter counting board shall determine that the seal number on each ballot container agrees with the seal number indicated in the absent voter counting board physical pollbook. (3) Before the tabulation of ballots at an absent voter counting board, the election inspectors shall run a zero tape or zero report to ensure that the tabulator has not recorded results.