2854

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 594

(a) The registration of voters shall be conducted as herein
provided on SUCH cards or loose leaf pages AS REQUIRED BY THE
STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS. When the cards or
loose leaf pages have been duly filled out, and both the original

and duplicate registration forms have been signed by the

applicant for registration and returned by the registrars or
other designated persons to the board, the duplicate forms shall
be filed in filing eases or loose leaf binders arranged for the
entire city or county, as the case may be, in alphabetical order;
and shall constitute the permanent office record of the board.
Except when an electronically reprodueced precinct register is
used, in accordance with subsection (b), the original forms shall
be filed in different filing cases or loose leaf binders,
arranged by precincts in alphabetical order, and shall constitute
the precinct register for use in polling places on election days.
The registration records shall be open to public inspection under
reasonable regulations at all times when the office of the board
is open for the registration of voters except upon the special
order of the board. The registration records may not be removed
from the office of the board except on the order of a court and

except for temporary removal solely for purposes of data

processing, provided that in any removal for data processing, one
duplicate copy is always retained in the office of the board.

3-10.

(E) INDIVIDUALS WHO DISTRIBUTE VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS OR

OTHERWISE ENGAGE IN REGISTERING OTHERS TO VOTE MAY NOT BE DEEMED

AGENTS OF A BOARD OR THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION
LAWS UNLESS THE INDIVIDUALS ARE:

(1) OFFICIALS OR EMPLOYEES OF A BOARD OR THE STATE
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF ELECTION LAWS;

(2) MEMBERS OF A BOARD OF REGISTRY APPOINTED UNDER
THIS SECTION; OR

(3) MEMBERS OF A SUPPLEMENTAL BOARD OF REGISTRY
APPOINTED UNDER THIS SECTION.

3-12.

(a) The SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTIONS (C) AND
(D) OF THIS SECTION, THE [boards] STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD
OF ELECTION LAWS shall prescribe the style, color, quality and
dimensions of all forms, cards and records required for the
continuous registration of voters as herein provided [and shall
prescribe] AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARDS ABOUT the
requirements of the cabinets, binders, and other equipment needed
for filing the original and duplicate registration cards. No
particular design or make shall be prescribed for such cabinets,
binders, or other equipment. These registration forms or cards
shall consist of an equal number of original cards or loose-leaf
pages of one color, and duplicate cards or loose-leaf pages of
another color, or a size adequate to contain the information