Mich. Admin. Code R. 168.920
Rule 20. If ballots in a ballot box must correspond in number with the poll book as above provided before they may be recounted, such ballots shall be returned to their ballot box and assigned to a recount table for a physical count. The recount clerk shall remove such ballots from their wrappers, place them face down upon the recount table, and count the number of ballots. If there are the proper number of ballots, such ballots shall be recounted in the manner hereinafter provided; if such ballots do not correspond in number with the poll book as above provided, such ballots shall not be recounted and the recount clerk shall report such fact to the representative of the board of county canvassers at the ballot box opening table for instructions as to the disposition of said ballots. With reference to such precinct, the original return of the inspectors of election shall stand.
Mich. Admin. Code R. 168.920