(a) A board of canvassers shall: (1) convene at the designated counting center for that county on or before the day of the election, but not later than 5 p.m. on that day, and be sworn in; and (2) meet only in public session. (a–1) (1) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, a board of canvassers and the staff […]
(a) Following an election, each local board shall meet at its designated counting center to canvass the absentee ballots cast in that election in accordance with the regulations and guidelines established by the State Board. (b) (1) A local board may not open any envelope of an absentee ballot prior to 8 a.m. on the Wednesday following election […]
(a) Following an election, each local board shall meet at its designated counting center to canvass the provisional ballots cast in that election in accordance with the regulations and guidelines established by the State Board. (b) A local board may not open an envelope of a provisional ballot until the local board has approved the provisional ballot […]
A ballot properly cast by a voter who dies before the ballot is canvassed shall be counted in full unless a law or regulation requires that the ballot be fully or partially rejected for a reason unrelated to the death of the voter.
(a) A candidate or absentee voter aggrieved by the decision of a local board to reject, or not to reject, an absentee ballot shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court for the county. (b) The appeal must be filed within 5 days from the date of the completion of the official canvass by the […]
Any person who asserts that an election official has violated the provisions of this article relating to provisional ballots may file an administrative complaint under procedures established by the State Board.
The person designated to maintain custody of the documents and records required under this title shall maintain and secure those items in accordance with the regulations adopted by the State Board.
(a) If a board of canvassers determines that there appears to be an error in the documents or records produced at the polling place following an election, then it immediately shall investigate the matter to ascertain whether the records or documents are correct. (b) The board of canvassers may correct a document or record only in accordance […]
(a) Within 10 days after any election, and before certifying the results of the election, each board of canvassers shall verify the vote count in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the State Board for the voting system used in that election. (b) Upon completion of the verification process, the members of the board of canvassers shall: […]
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Manual audit” means inspection of voter–verifiable paper records by hand and eye to obtain vote totals in a contest that are compared to the vote totals produced for that contest by the electronic voting system. (3) “Previous comparable general election” means: (i) in a presidential election year, […]
