Elections: voting equipment; control over creating the test deck process; clarify. Amends sec. 794a of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.794a).

HB 4602 amends Michigan's election law to give local election boards (counties, cities, townships, villages, and school districts) direct control over creating test materials for electronic voting systems. It prevents the Secretary of State from restricting local boards' use of different test sources or allowing a single vendor to control test creation. The bill requires transparent, publicly understandable testing procedures that don't rely on proprietary systems, ensuring tests can be replicated without secret methods. This directly affects jurisdictions using electronic voting systems by changing how they verify voting machine accuracy before elections.