Section 10-302 – Delivery of Equipment and Supplies; Backup Copies
(a) In a timely manner for each election, the local board shall provide for the delivery to each polling place the supplies, records, and equipment necessary for the conduct of the election. (b) Each polling place shall be equipped with a computer device that contains a record of all registered voters in the county and that is […]
Section 10-303 – Authority and Duties of Election Judges
(a) Under the supervision of a chief judge, an election judge shall: (1) carry out the tasks assigned by the local board, including those set forth in any election judge instruction manual developed in accordance with § 10–206 of this title, during the period of time that begins before the election through the close of the polls […]
Section 10-304 – Duties of Police Officers
(a) (1) A police officer who is on duty at a polling place shall obey the order of an election judge for that polling place. (2) A police officer making an arrest under an order of an election judge is fully protected in so doing as if the police officer received a valid warrant to make the arrest. […]
Section 10-305 – Vacancy in Polling Place Staff During Voting Hours
(a) If there is a vacancy in the polling place staff during voting hours: (1) the local board may fill the vacancy with a substitute election judge who has been recruited and trained; or (2) an election judge who is present at the polling place may fill the position of the absent election judge by appointing a person […]
Section 10-306 – Information for Voters at Polling Place
(a) (1) The State Board, in consultation with the election directors of the local boards, shall specify and produce the following informational materials to be posted in each polling place: (i) a specimen ballot for that precinct; (ii) instructions relating to the availability of assistance to elderly and disabled voters; (iii) information regarding the date of the election and the […]
Section 10-307 – Responsibilities of the Local Board
(a) The members of each local board shall be available as needed on an election day. (b) The local board shall provide the staff of each polling place with the means to contact and obtain support from the office of the local board on election day.