WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 730

CHAPTER 730
(House Bill 881)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County - Election Laws - Specimen Ballot

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FOR the purpose of altering provisions of the election law to require, rather than
authorize, the Prince George's County Board of Supervisors of Elections to mail a
specimen ballot, within a certain period of time before each election, to the
household of each registered voter eligible to vote in the general election in Prince
George's County; and requiring Prince George's County to include the costs of
mailing the specimen ballot in the budget allocation to the local election board.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 33 - Election Code
Section 2-10

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 33 - Election Code

2-10.

(a)     (1) Each board shall give public notice of the time and place of all elections
in each precinct. Such notice shall be given in newspapers of general circulation; in the
discretion of the board, notices may also be posted in such public places in each precinct
as the board may determine.

(2) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, THE election board of each county and Baltimore City at their discretion
may mail at least one week before every election a specimen ballot to the household of
each registered voter in the county or Baltimore City.

(3) (I) IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, AT LEAST 1 WEEK BEFORE THE
GENERAL ELECTION THE BOARD SHALL MAIL A SPECIMEN BALLOT TO THE
HOUSEHOLD OF EACH REGISTERED VOTER IN THE COUNTY.

(II) THE COSTS FOR MAILING THE SPECIMEN BALLOT REQUIRED
UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE
ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION BY PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY TO THE BOARD.

(b)     The board of each county, except those in which a specimen ballot is mailed
pursuant to the preceding paragraph and such ballot includes the time and place of the
election, shall give notice during the calendar week preceding any election of the time and

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