§ 168.523bEstablishment of election day vote centers; requirements; election inspector

duties.
 Sec. 523b.
    (1) If a city or township has processed 500 or more election day voter registrations in either
 or both of the previous 2 general November elections, the board of election commissioners of
 that city or township may establish election day vote centers to tabulate ballots issued to
 electors who register to vote or update voter registration on election day. No later than 90 days
 before an election, the board of election commissioners of a city or township that establishes
 an election day vote center under this subsection must inform the county clerk of the county in
 which that city or township is located that an election day vote center will be established in
 that city or township. No later than the fourth day before election day, the city or township
 clerk of a city or township that establishes an election day vote center shall post notice of the
 establishment and location of that election day vote center on the website of the city or
 township, if available, and in the clerk's office.
    (2) An election day vote center operates as a polling place and must have at least 3 election
 inspectors appointed under section 674 and be located in the same building where the city or
 township clerk provides election day registration, which includes a satellite office of that city
 or township clerk. A political party, or an incorporated organization or organized committee of
 interested citizens as described under sections 730 and 731, may have 1 challenger for every 8
 election inspectors assigned to an election day vote center.
    (3) Only an elector who registers to vote or updates the elector's voter registration in the city
 or township on election day is eligible to cast a ballot at an election day vote center that is
 located in the same building in which the elector registers to vote or updates the elector's voter
 registration. The registered elector must present to an election inspector at the election day
 vote center the voter registration receipt issued to that elector under section 497(5) by the city
 or township clerk on election day, and must comply with all of the other requirements for an
 elector under section 523. An election inspector in an election day vote center shall do all of
 the following:
    (a) Allow an elector to cast a ballot in the same manner as an elector whose name is listed
 on the voter registration list in an election day precinct.
    (b) Enter the elector's name in the poll book approved by the secretary of state for use in an
 election day vote center.
    (c) Issue a ballot to the elector who shall mark the ballot and deposit the ballot in the
 tabulator.
    (4) A city or township clerk shall configure an election day vote center with at least 1
 tabulator and a corresponding poll book that lists the electors issued a ballot to be cast on that
 tabulator. The collected voter registration receipts under subsection (3) serve as 1 of the
 required poll lists, and the list of electors issued a ballot in the poll book serves as the second
 required poll list.



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    (5) The county clerk shall program the tabulators to be used in an election day vote center
 so that the results will be included in the unofficial and official election accumulation reports
 that are part of the election day precinct results. The number of tabulators and poll books must
 conform to the manner in which the county clerk programs tabulators for use in an election
 day vote center.
    (6) An elector who is in line at a city or township clerk's office, including a satellite office of
 that city or township clerk, by 8 p.m. on election day to register to vote or update a voter
 registration must be allowed to complete the voter registration transaction and be allowed to
 cast a ballot immediately after that transaction at that city or township election day vote center.
 The election inspectors at an election day vote center must allow an elector who was issued a
 voter registration receipt at the city or township clerk's office on election day and who is in
 line at that election day vote center by 8 p.m. on election day to cast a ballot, including after
 11:59 p.m. on election day if necessary.
    (7) The election inspectors at an election day vote center must follow the same process
 required at an election day polling place after the last elector in line casts a ballot.