June 16, 2010 (Issue 487)

Use of Statewide Look-up and QVF Absent Voter Module Required: It is important that all county, city and township election officials initiate preparations for the implementation of the MOVE Act which, as previously announced, will be in effect for all elections beginning with the August 3, 2010 primary. Please make note of the following:

Use of Statewide Look-up (SWL) - All county, city and township election staff should maintain an active SWL user name and password. If you were previously issued a SWL user name and password but have not accessed the SWL for several months, your user name and password may no longer be active. For security reasons, SWL user names and passwords are automatically deactivated after several months of inactivity. For this reason, we are requesting that you use your SWL user name and password on a regular basis.

If your previously assigned SWL user name and password have been deactivated or you have never accessed the SWL and therefore do not have an assigned user name and password, please contact the QVF Help Desk at 1-800-310-5697 to request an active user name and password.

Please note that the SWL is a tool that is designed for use by all county, city and township election officials. You do not need to have direct access to the QVF/QVF Lite to access the SWL.

QVF Absent Voter Module - Under the provisions of the federal MOVE Act, covered voters must be provided with a "free access system" that can be used to determine whether their absent voter ballot was received by their local clerk. To meet this requirement, we will be posting information regarding the status of absent voter ballots for covered votes obtained from the QVF Absent Voter Module. For this reason, all jurisdictions that have direct access to the QVF/QVF Lite must be prepared to post absent voter activity for all covered voters using the QVF Absent Voter Module. Clerks of jurisdictions that do not have direct access to the QVF must work with their county clerk to ensure the posting of this information.

If you need instructions on the use of the QVF Absent Voter Module, please contact the QVF Help Desk at 1-800-310-5697 for assistance.

Questions? Please contact the Bureau of Elections at 1-800-292-5973 or Elections@Michigan.gov