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Ch. 291 2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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10- 315.
(a) Every employer in the State shall permit any employee who is a registered
voter in the State a period not to exceed 2 hours absence from work on election day in
order to vote if the employee does not have 2 hours of continuous off-duty during the
time that the polls are open.
(b) The employer shall pay the employee for the 2 hours absence from work.
(c) (1) Each employee shall furnish to the employer proof that the employee
has voted.
(2) The proof that an employee has voted shall be on a form prescribed by
the State Board.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section formerly was Art. 33, § 10-315.
No changes are made.
Title 11. Canvassing.
Subtitle 1. Definitions.
11- 101.
(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) "Board of canvassers" means the local board of elections in a county after
the local board organizes itself for the purpose of canvassing the vote after an election
in that county.
(c) (1) "Canvass" means the entire process of vote tallying, vote tabulation,
and vote verification or audit, culminating in the production and certification of the
official election results.
(2) For absentee ballots, the "canvass" includes the opening of any
envelope accompanying an absentee ballot and the assembly and review of absentee
ballots in preparation for vote tallying.
(d) "Counting center" means one or more central locations designated by a
local board to conduct the canvass.
(e) "Removable data storage device" means a read-only memory device that is
programmed to record votes as they are cast on an electronic voting system.
(f) (1) "Unofficial returns" means a vote tabulation reported on election
night after the polls close.
(2) "Unofficial returns" does not include the absentee ballot count.
(g) "Vote tabulation" or "vote counting" means the aggregation of the votes
cast by individual voters to produce vote totals at any level.
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