Section 2-106 – Records and Voting Authority Card Management
(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the State Board and each local board shall maintain and dispose of its public records in accordance with the program for records management adopted by the State Board under Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part II of the State Government Article. (2) Each local board shall maintain voting authority cards […]
Section 2-107 – Maryland Election Modernization Fund
(a) (1) There is a Maryland Election Modernization Fund. (2) The Fund is established as a continuing fund for programs relating to the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and related expenditures. (3) The Fund is a special, continuing, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. (4) The Treasurer shall […]
Section 2-108 – Report of Security Violation and Significant Attempted Security Violation Involving an Election System
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Appropriate persons” means: (i) the State Board; (ii) the Governor; (iii) the President of the Senate of Maryland; (iv) the Speaker of the House of Delegates; and (v) the Attorney General. (3) “Election service provider” means any person providing, supporting, or maintaining an election system on behalf of the State Board […]
Section 2-109 – Contracts With Election Service Provider
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Appropriate persons” means: (i) the State Board; (ii) the Governor; (iii) the President of the Senate of Maryland; (iv) the Speaker of the House of Delegates; (v) the Attorney General; and (vi) the Department of Information Technology. (3) “Contract” means an agreement in any form entered into by a governmental entity for […]
Section 2-201 – Organization
(a) (1) There is a county board of elections in each county of the State. (2) Each local board and its staff is subject to the direction and authority of the State Board and is accountable to the State Board for its actions in all matters regarding the implementation of the requirements of this article and any applicable […]
Section 2-202 – Powers and Duties
(a) Except for the City of Baltimore, the provisions of this section do not apply to a municipal corporation in the State in which the municipal or charter elections are regulated by the public local laws of the State or the charter of the municipal corporation. (b) Each local board, in accordance with the provisions of this […]
Section 2-203 – Local Government Funding
Each county shall appropriate the funds essential for the operations of its local board to enable the local board to pay the reasonable expenses incurred by the local board to exercise the powers and perform the duties prescribed for it by law, including: (1) personnel expenses, such as compensation, workers’ compensation, and unemployment insurance; (2) polling place […]
Section 2-204 – Compensation of Local Board Members
(a) Each regular member of a local board shall receive the salary and reimbursement of expenses provided in the county budget, but in no event may the annual compensation be less than the following amounts: (1) in Allegany County, the amount set by the County Commissioners under Title 28, Subtitle 1 of the Local Government Article; (2) in […]
Section 2-205 – Counsel to Local Board
(a) Each local board may appoint or retain as counsel an individual who is: (1) a registered voter of its county; and (2) admitted to practice law in the State. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the salary of counsel shall be set by the local board in accordance with the county budget. (2) (i) In Anne […]
Section 2-206 – Election Director
Subject to the requirements of this article and the policies and guidance of the local board, the election director may: (1) appoint the employees of the local board; (2) train judges of election; (3) give notice of elections; (4) upon the request of an elderly or disabled voter whose polling place is not structurally barrier free, provide an alternate […]