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Ch. 291
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(vi) The storage, delivery, and return of the supplies and equipment
necessary for the operation of the voting system;
(vii) Standards for training election officials in the operation and use
of the voting system;
(viii) Before each election and for all ballot styles to be used, testing
by the members of the local board to ensure the accuracy of tallying, tabulation, and
reporting of the vote, and observing of that testing by representatives of political
parties and of candidates who are not affiliated with political parties;
(ix) The number of voting stations or voting booths required in each
polling place, in relation to the number of registered voters assigned to the polling
place;
(x) The practices and procedures in each polling place appropriate
to the operation of the voting system;
(xi) Assuring ballot accountability in systems using a document
ballot;
(xii) The actions required to tabulate votes; and
(xiii) Postelection review and audit of the system's output.
(3) Certification of a voting system is not effective until the regulations
applicable to the voting system have been adopted.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 9-102.
In subsection (d)(5) of this section, the reference to a "malfunction'' of the
"system" is substituted for the former reference to "breakdown" for clarity.
No other changes are made.
Defined terms: "Candidate" § 1-101
"Document ballot" § 1-101
"Local board" § 1-101
"Political party" § 1-101
"State Board" § 1-101
"Voting system" § 1-101
9-103.
(a) The State Board:
(1) May decertify a voting system previously certified if the State Board
determines that the system no longer merits certification; and
(2) Shall decertify a previously certified voting system if the voting
system no longer meets one or more of the standards in § 9-102(c)(1)(i) through (iii) of
this subtitle.
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