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Board authorizes start of rulemaking to update recount procedures

Michigan Board of State Canvassers · March 19, 2024
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Summary

The board voted to begin the administrative rulemaking process to update statewide recount procedures it last revised in 1979, authorizing the Bureau of Elections to proceed with the Administrative Procedures Act steps and public comment; staff estimated a public comment phase within one to three months.

The Board of State Canvassers voted to support draft administrative rules governing state-level recounts and to begin the rule-promulgation process under the Administrative Procedures Act.

Staff counsel Adam explained the multi-step process: submit a request for rulemaking and a regulatory impact statement, prepare the draft rule for…

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