§ 168.31aElection audit; procedures

Sec. 31a.
    (1) In order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this act, after each election the
 secretary of state may audit election precincts.
    (2) The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedures for election audits that include
 reviewing the documents, ballots, and procedures used during an election as required in
 section 4 of article II of the state constitution of 1963. The secretary of state and, except as
 otherwise provided under subsection (3), county clerks shall conduct election audits, including
 statewide election audits, as set forth in the prescribed procedures. The secretary of state shall
 train and certify county clerks, the county clerk's staffs, and, if required under subsection (3),
 the designee of a county clerk, for the purpose of conducting election audits of precincts
 randomly selected by the secretary of state in the counties. An election audit must include an
 audit of the results of at least 1 race in each precinct selected for an audit. A statewide election
 audit must include an audit of the results of at least 1 statewide race or statewide ballot
 question in a precinct selected for an audit. An audit conducted under this section is not a
 recount and does not change any certified election results. The secretary of state shall


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 supervise each county clerk, or the county clerk's designee as provided under subsection (3),
 in the performance of election audits conducted under this section.
    (3) If a county clerk is an officer or member of the governing body of a national, state, or
 local political party, or is a precinct delegate of a political party, that county clerk is prohibited
 from having any role in the direction, supervision, or conduct of an election audit, and that
 county clerk must, subject to this subsection, appoint a designee to conduct any election audit
 in that county. The county clerk shall not appoint a designee who is an officer or member of
 the governing body of a national, state, or local political party, or is a precinct delegate of a
 political party.
    (4) Each county clerk, or the designee of a county clerk as provided under subsection (3),
 who conducts an election audit under this section shall provide the results of the election audit
 to the secretary of state within 20 days after the election audit.