Ch. 380

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1)     permit a ballot or ballots to be placed into a ballot box prior to the
time for voting; or

(2)     place a ballot in a ballot box unless the ballot is offered by a properly
registered voter OR IS A PROVISIONAL BALLOT PLACED WITH OTHER PROVISIONAL
BALLOTS OF THE SAME CHARACTER.

(b)     A person may not:

(1)     cause or permit a [vote] BALLOT, INCLUDING A PROVISIONAL
BALLOT, to be cast or [a ballot to be] deposited in a ballot [box or a] BOX, voting
device, OR OTHER RECEPTACLE DESIGNED FOR THE COLLECTION OF BALLOTS other
than by a person [properly qualified] ENTITLED UNDER THIS ARTICLE to cast a
ballot; or

(2)     substitute, alter, add, or remove a [voted] SUBMITTED ballot from a
ballot [box or a] BOX, voting device, OR OTHER RECEPTACLE DESIGNED FOR THE
COLLECTION OF BALLOTS, except when instructed to do so by the election director.

(c)     A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to
imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 5 years.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 380
(Senate Bill 433)

AN ACT concerning

Election Law - Miscellaneous Technical and Clarifying Corrections

FOR the purpose of making certain technical and clarifying corrections to the State
election law relating to changes to precinct boundaries and polling places,
changes in a voter's party affiliation, changes to the voter registry when a voter
moves, the transmittal of certified copies of election results following certain
elections, the canvass of certain primary election results for an election to. fill a
vacancy in the office of representative in Congress, and the deposit or use of
certain contributions of money that are received by certain persons prior to the
General Assembly session; altering a certain definition; repealing a certain
provision relating to the certification of certain election results by the State
Board; repealing a certain provision relating to the transmission of certain
campaign finance reports by certain persons to the campaign finance entities of
candidates; and generally relating to technical and clarifying corrections to the
State election law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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