§ 168.794aElectronic voting system; authorization; acquisition; abandonment; use;

accuracy test; applicability of subsections (1) and (2).
 Sec. 794a.
    (1) Subject to this section, the board of commissioners of a county, the legislative body of a
 city or village, the township board of a township, or the school board of a school district, by a
 majority vote, may authorize, acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise, adopt, experiment


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 with, or abandon an electronic voting system approved for use in this state in an election, and
 may use the system in all or a part of the precincts within its boundaries, or in combination
 with other approved voting systems.
    (2) A new electronic voting system shall not be used at a general election in a county, city,
 or township unless, in addition to the other requirements of this act, all of the following
 requirements are met:
    (a) The county, city, or township purchases or otherwise acquires the electronic voting
 system 6 months or more before the next general election to be held in that county, city, or
 township.
    (b) The county, city, or township uses the electronic voting system at a primary, special, or
 other local election held in the county, city, or township before the general election.
    (3) The appropriate board of election commissioners shall provide for an accuracy test of an
 electronic voting system in the manner prescribed in rules promulgated by the secretary of
 state. The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures for preparing test decks and conducting
 accuracy tests for electronic voting systems in this state.
    (4) Before an election held in a county, city, township, village, or school district, the
 secretary of state may randomly select and test for accuracy an electronic voting system to be
 used by the county, city, township, village, or school district in that election. The secretary of
 state shall use the test decks prepared by the secretary of state to conduct the random tests
 allowed under this subsection.
    (5) A board of election commissioners shall not use in an election an electronic voting
 system that has failed the most recent accuracy test performed on that voting system under this
 act. An electronic voting system may be used after any necessary corrections are made and an
 accuracy test is passed on the system.
    (6) Subsection (1) does not apply to a county, city, village, township, or school district after
 the county, city, village, township, or school district receives the secretary of state's notice
 under section 37. Subsection (2) shall apply to a county, city, village, township, or school
 district after it receives the secretary of state's notice under section 37 if, at the time of the
 notice, the county, city, village, township, or school district is using an electronic voting
 system that is the same type as the uniform voting system.