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 […]
Section 2-207 – Local Board Employees
(a) (1) This section applies to each employee of a local board. (2) This section does not apply to: (i) local board counsel; or (ii) an election judge. (b) This section does not alter in any manner the method by which the salary of an employee of a local board is funded by the county in which the employee is employed. […]
Section 2-301 – Bar to Political Activities
(a) This section applies to: (1) a member of the State Board; (2) a regular or substitute member of a local board; (3) the State Administrator; (4) an employee of the State Board or of a local board, including the election director of a board; (5) counsel appointed under § 2–205 of this title; and (6) an election judge. (b) (1) An individual subject […]