Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules
Administrative Rules Division (ARD)
AGENCY REPORT TO THE
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)
AGENCY INFORMATION:
Agency name:
State
Division/Bureau/Office:
Elections & Campaign Finance
Name of person completing this form:
Jenny McInerney
Phone number of person completing this form:
517-331-7825
Email of person completing this form:
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:
Doug Novak
RULE SET INFORMATION:
MOAHR assigned rule set number:
2025-14 ST
Title of the proposed rule set:
Use of Electronic Pollbook
1. Purpose of the proposed rules and background:
The purpose of these rules is to clarify rules regarding the electronic pollbook, given technological advances, the
introduction of early voting and the early voting pollbook, and the security benefits of real time connection with the
Qualified Voter File.
2. Summary of the proposed rules:
To provide that an electronic pollbook must have a secure live connection to the Qualified Voter File while voting is
taking place, if the site has internet access. Further, to provide that the electronic pollbook software download
provided in MCL 168.668b must still take place and serve as backup to the live connection.
3. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and publication
dates:
Marquette Mining Journal—6/14/25
Adrian Daily Telegram—6/15/25
Grand Haven Tribune—6/14/25
4. Date of publication of the proposed rules and notice of public hearing in the Michigan Register:
7/1/2025
5. Date, time, and location of the public hearing:
7/15/2025 09:30 AM at Public Meeting Room A, Delta Charter Township Building, 7710 West Saginaw Hwy, Lansing,
MI 48917
MCL 24.242 and 24.245