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2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 41
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or safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take
effect from the date it is enacted.
Enacted April 7, 2006.
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CHAPTER 41
(Senate Bill 124)
AN ACT concerning
Election Law - Protection of Voter's Confidential Information and Secrecy
of Absentee Ballot Results
FOR the purpose of creating an exception to the requirement to verify residence
address of a voter whose personal information has been deemed confidential by
a local board; requiring an election judge to conduct a certain alternative voter
verification under certain circumstances; providing that certain absentee ballot
election results may not be reported by precinct; making this Act an emergency
measure; and generally relating to protecting confidential voter information and
the secrecy of certain absentee ballot results.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Election Law
Section 10-310(a) and 11-402(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2003 Volume and 2005 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Election Law
10-310.
(a) For each individual who seeks to vote, an election judge, in accordance
with instructions provided by the local board, shall:
(1) locate the individual's name in the precinct register and locate the
preprinted voting authority card and then authorize the individual to vote a regular
ballot;
(2) (i) if the individual's name is not found on the precinct register,
search the inactive list and if the name is found, authorize the individual to vote a
regular ballot; or
(ii) if the individual's name is not on the inactive list, refer the
individual for provisional ballot voting under § 9-404 of this article;
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