Reminder - Ballot Proofing for November 6, 2007 Elections:  To ensure that all ballots prepared to administer elections in Michigan meet the applicable legal and technical requirements, we are requesting that you forward your final proof ballots in PDF format to the Bureau for review prior to production.  Please submit all proofs by e-mail to the attention of Carol Piece at ElectionsPDD@Michigan.gov.  Proof ballots for the November 6 election must be submitted no later than September 10. 

It is important that you include "Ballot Proofs" and the name of your county in the subject line of your e-mail submission.  If corrections are needed or any changes are made to the ballots following the original submission and or approval, the PDFs must be re-submitted.  

As earlier announced, the Bureau will provide AutoMARK programming for all elections conducted this year.  If you wish to have the Bureau prepare your AutoMARK programming, the final PDFs submitted for ballot proofing will be used by the Bureau for the program preparation.  If you intend to prepare your own AutoMARK programming and do not wish to have the Bureau perform this service for you, please make a notation to this effect when submitting your final PDFs for ballot proofing.

Draft Ballot Production Standards: Those responsible for the production of ballots must closely observe all legal and technical ballot production standards.  A document which details the ballot production standards for the upcoming November 6 election is attached for your review.  This document also contains a summary of the technical standards released by the optical scan voting equipment manufacturers which must be observed when preparing ballots. To obtain a copy of the full technical standards issued by the voting equipment manufacturers, contact the voting system vendor.  The following contact information is provided for your convenience.

Election Systems and Software, Inc. (ES&S)
Ray Caddell, ES&S Manager
Print Services
Phone: (402) 970-1240

Miller Consultations and Elections
6119 28th Street SE, Suite 2D
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
Attn: Jeff DeLongchamp, President
Phone: (616) 464-2283

Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
Diebold Elections Help Desk
1-866-307-7689
DESHelp@diebold.com