Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
MOAHR-Rules@michigan.gov  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
1. Agency Information  
Agency name:  
State  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Elections & Campaign Finance  
Name of person completing this form:  
Alessa Boes  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-599-3410  
E-mail of person completing this form:  
BoesA@michigan.gov  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Doug Novak  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2024-19 ST  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Electronic Voting Systems  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
To update the terminology to account for technological advances since the existing rules were  
promulgated in 1979. To account for the qualified voter file, electronic pollbooks, tabulators, Voter  
Assist Terminals (VATs), on-demand voting systems, and other parts of the existing technology used  
currently.  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The proposed revisions to the rules update the terminology to account for technological advances  
since the existing rules were promulgated in 1979; for example, the proposed revisions account for  
the qualified voter file, electronic pollbooks, tabulators, Voter Assist Terminals (VATs), on-demand  
voting systems, and other parts of the existing technology used currently.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Mining Journal on July 20, 2024.  
The Lansing State Journal on July 21, 2024.  
The St. Joseph Herald-Palladium on July 20, 2024.  
6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
8/1/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 2  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
8/16/2024 10:00 AM at Room 1100 of the Binsfeld Office Building , 201 Townsend St. Lansing, MI  
48933  
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
https://ARS.apps.lara.state.mi.us/Transaction/RFRTransaction?TransactionID=1526  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) who attended the public hearing:  
Alessa Boes, Regulatory Attorney, Bureau of Elections, Department of State.  
Jenny McInerney, Regulatory Attorney, Bureau of Elections, Department of State.  
Adam Fracassi, Regulatory Manager, Bureau of Elections, Department of State.  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
None.  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
Sheree Ritchie, Pure Integrity for Michigan Elections.  
Patrick Colbeck, Michigan Grassroots Alliance.  
Jim DeSana, State of Michigan.  
David Howell, Michigan Fair Elections/Pure Integrity for Michigan Elections.  
Jim Runestad, Michigan Senate.  
12. Persons submitting other comments:  
None.  
13. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
Agency Report to JCAR-Page 3  
Name &  
Organization public hearing  
Comments made at Written  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
for Rule Change & citation  
and Description changed  
of Change(s)  
Comments  
Made  
1
Senator Jim  
Runestad,  
Michigan  
Senate, District  
23.  
Expresses  
concern about R reviewed R  
The agency  
R 168.793  
168.793(3)-(4)  
because it uses  
language that is is not necessary to  
similar to spell out the  
language in 2024 recount procedures  
168.793 and  
determined that it  
PA 74.  
in this rule set and  
instead it is more  
appropriate to  
reference the  
administrative  
rules governing  
recounts.  
Accordingly, the  
agency struck  
most of the  
content in R  
168.793, leaving  
only reference to  
the recount  
administrative  
rules.  
14.Date report completed:  
9/11/2024  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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