Final November Election To Do's

If you have not done these three items yet, please do so immediately.

1. Enter Voter History into QVF

2. Complete the November 2018 Report for Provisional Ballot/Not in Possession of ID Report in the eLearning Center

3. Submit Line Study Worksheets (if you participated) to elections@michigan.gov.

Board of State Canvassers Meets Monday

The Board of State Canvassers meets Monday, November 26, 2018 to canvass and certify the November 6, 2018 general election. State-level recount requests must be filed within 48 hours after the election is certified. Once that deadline elapses on Wednesday, November 28, the Bureau of Elections will send counties a communication that announces state-level recounts that have been filed, specifies requirements and deadlines related to the release of voting equipment and allowing local recounts and post-election audits to begin. A BOE News Update will also come out next Friday with a link to this communication.

Risk Limiting Audit Pilots

As we have announced before, the City of Rochester Hills, City of Lansing, and City of Kalamazoo will be conducting the first pilot of a special kind of post-election audit, the risk-limiting audit (RLA).  The procedure is designed to detect irregularities in reported election outcomes.

Michigan’s election system already incorporates many election security measures recommended by national security and cybersecurity experts, including paper ballots and mandatory pre-election testing of all voting equipment. Risk-limiting audits may complement the existing procedures and this pilot will assist election officials to determine whether they can work efficiently and effectively in Michigan.

Clerks and their staff are invited to observe the process.  Each jurisdiction uses one of the three voting systems used throughout the state.  Each RLA will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the scheduled date.  The date, voting system, and location for each jurisdiction are as follows:

Monday, December 3
City of Rochester Hills
Hart Voting System
Rochester College
800 W Avon Rd; Rochester Hills

Tuesday, December 4
City of Lansing
Dominion Voting System
Lansing Clerk's Election Unit
2500 S Washington; Lansing

Wednesday, December 5
City of Kalamazoo
ES&S Voting System
Kalamazoo City Hall - Commission Chambers
241 W South St; Kalamazoo

The Michigan Bureau of Elections and the municipal clerks partnered with a team of experts, including Ron Rivest and Mayuri Sridhar of MIT, Jerome Lovato of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Philip Stark and Kellie Ottoboni of UC Berkeley, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School, Verified Voting and Indiana’s VSTOP for this project.

BOE Closed Thurs/Fri

The Bureau of Elections will be closed this Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Please take this well deserved break to recharge and enjoy time with your family and friends this holiday. Once again, we thank you for your dedication to this Mid-Term Election Year!

Correction to Last Week's Question of the Week

We incorrectly stated that the effective date of proposal 3 (and Proposal 2).  The proposals will be effective at the end of the 45th from Election Day, which is December 21st.

BOE Question of the Week:

Is there anything the County Clerk needs to send to newly elected School Board Members?

Answer:  Yes!  If they haven't done so already, County Clerks should send the Acceptance of Office and Oath of Office to the school board secretary or to the school board member with their Certificate of Election. This form must be completed by the newly elected school board member and filed with the secretary of the school board.

Have a question you'd  like to see
in the Question of the Week?  Send it to elections@michigan.gov.