R 168.901 Definitions.

Rule 1. (1) As used in these rules: (a) “Act” means the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.1 to 168.992. (b) “Change the result of the election” means either the candidate who lost the election and is requesting the recount would be elected or the recount would result in the opposite outcome for a ballot question. (c) “Election materials” means equipment used in administering elections, including, but not limited to, electronic voting systems, seals, ballots, ballot containers, ballot container certificates, poll books, results report, statement book, tabulator tape, or another document or report considered necessary by the boards of county or state canvassers. (d) “Interested party” means the individual or individuals who filed a recount petition or a counter recount petition. More specifically, a candidate, 1 representative of a ballot question committee, or if a ballot question committee did not participate in an election in which there was a ballot question on the ballot, 1 elector who voted in that election. (e) “Poll book” includes the physical poll book and any poll lists. (f) “Precinct” as used in a recount means any of the following: (i) An election day precinct. (ii) A precinct at an absent voter counting board. (iii) A precinct at an early voting site. (g) “Recount center” means a single location where recounts of multiple precincts from multiple counties are conducted. (h) “Tabulator tape” means the tape that is generated at the close of polls that contains precinct results or the tabulator report when precinct results are not available on a tape. (2) Unless otherwise defined in these rules, a term defined in the act has the same meaning when used in these rules.