MI SB0812

County clerks may select electronic voting systems in consultation with city and township clerks, provided the system matches the uniform voting system type and is approved and certified by the state.

Governmental units may contract with each other to share ownership and use of electronic voting systems.

Cities and townships using absent voter counting boards must establish one board per election day precinct, with election inspectors appointed 21-40 days before the election, and must format accumulation reports to clearly separate election day and absent voter returns.

Absent voter ballots must be processed at designated absent voter counting places rather than at polling places, with processing beginning as early as 7 a.m. on election day, and persons in attendance must take oaths preventing disclosure of election results before polls close.

County commissioners, city legislative bodies, and township boards must fully fund electronic voting system purchases if federal or state funding is unavailable, and sections 769a through 793 of the Michigan election law are repealed, with the act effective December 31, 2018.