R 168.792 Canvass.

Rule 22. (1) A board of canvassers may, for reasonable cause, require the individual who programmed the tabulators to appear before the board, to bring documents pertinent to the programming, and to answer questions relevant to the programming. (2) A board of canvassers may, for reasonable cause, require the individual having the custody of the tabulator to appear before the board. A board of canvassers may conduct a test to determine the accuracy of the programmed tabulator. (3) After testing, if it is found that the tabulator that was used to tabulate the ballots produced incorrect returns, a board of canvassers may require the individual who prepared and programmed the tabulator to correct the portions of the program found to be in error and submit to it a corrected program to be used to retabulate the ballots. In that event, an accuracy test must be held under the direction of the board of canvassers at which time the corrected program must be tested and certified as provided in these rules. The ballots of the precincts must be retabulated using the corrected program in the same manner as prescribed in R 168.790. A board of canvassers may summon the board of election inspectors that originally certified the returns to retabulate the ballots and make correct returns. The board of canvassers shall canvass the votes from the corrected returns. (4) When an examination of documents or programs is completed or the ballots have been counted or retabulated, they must be returned to the ballot container or containers and sealed and delivered to their legal custodian. The number of the seal must be recorded on a certificate to be filed with the clerk of the board of canvassers. (5) When an election of a local unit of government is held at the same time as a county or state election and is to be certified by a local board of canvassers, that board shall not proceed under this rule until obtaining approval from the board of county canvassers.