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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 572
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(5) perform all duties and exercise all powers that are assigned by law to
the State Administrator or delegated by the State Board;
(6) IMPLEMENT, IN A UNIFORM AND NONDISCRIMINATORY MANNER, A
SINGLE, UNIFORM, OFFICIAL, CENTRALIZED, INTERACTIVE COMPUTERIZED
STATEWIDE VOTER REGISTRATION LIST;
[(6)] (7) be subject to removal by the affirmative vote of four members of
the State Board for incompetence, misconduct, or other good cause; however, prior to
removal, the State Board shall set forth written charges stating the grounds for
dismissal and afford the State Administrator notice and an ample opportunity to be
heard; and
[(7)] (8) be the chief State election official.
(c) Before taking office, the appointee to the office of State Administrator shall
take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.
2-206.
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) [submit voter registration reports to the State Board;
(5) initiate and conduct any program approved by the State Board to
identify, notify, and remove from the voter registration rolls any registrant who has
become ineligible due to a change of address;
(6)] upon the request of an elderly or disabled voter whose polling place is
not structurally barrier free, provide an alternate polling place to the voter;
[(7)] (5) issue voter acknowledgment notices and voter notification
cards;
[(8)] (6) receive certificates of candidacy;
[(9)] (7) verify nominating petitions;
[(10)] (8) receive and maintain campaign finance reports;
[(11)] (9) in consultation with the local board, conduct the canvass
following an election; and
[(12)] (10) subject to § 9-306 of this article, process and reject absentee
ballot applications.
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