The Republican-dominated Legislature in Michigan has made the voting rules and procedures, and determines what equipment is to be used. Currently, Michigan is standardizing on mark-sense ballots. These work very well with "live" voting, as the machines will reject overvoted questions in the voter's presence.

They also allow for a paper trail.

Curiously, the precinct reporting here in the Western part of the state is performed by Republican dominated officials and poll-workers, including the counting of absentee ballots. Hmmm ... and the election results seem to be Republican dominated, all the time. I wonder about the honesty of my neighbors, sometimes.