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Ch. 291 2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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8-102.
(a) Except as required under subsection (d) of this section, a local board shall
provide notice of each election in its county to the registered voters of the county by
either:
(1) Specimen ballot mailed at least 1 week before the election; or
(2) Publication or dissemination by mass communication during the
calendar week preceding the election.
(b) The notice shall include:
(1) The time and place of the election; and
(2) The offices, candidate names, and questions contained on the ballot.
(c) (1) If a local board provides notice by mailing specimen ballots, a
specimen ballot shall be mailed to all registered voters in the county who are eligible
to vote in the election.
(2) The specimen ballot shall be a facsimile of the ballot that the voter is
entitled to vote in the election.
(d) (1) In Prince George's County for the general election, the Board shall:
(i) Provide notice by mailing specimen ballots; and
(ii) Mail a specimen ballot to the household of each registered voter
in the County.
(2) The costs for mailing specimen ballots in Prince George's County
shall be included in the County's annual budget appropriation to the local board.
(e) (1) Unless a local board mails a specimen ballot to its registered voters in
accordance with subsection (c) or (d) of this section, the local board shall give notice of
the election by newspaper publication or other means of mass communication.
(2) The notice of election under this subsection shall be arranged, if
practicable, in the same order and form as the ballot.
(3) (i) If newspaper publication is used in a county, the notice shall be
advertised in at least two newspapers of general circulation that are published in the
county.
(ii) In a county in which only one newspaper is published, the
notice shall be published in that newspaper.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 8-102.
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No changes are made.
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