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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 404
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3-601.1.
(A) IN THIS SECTION, "CLERICAL ERROR" MEANS AN INADVERTENT MISTAKE
IN A VOTER REGISTRATION RECORD MADE BY THE STAFF OF A LOCAL BOARD.
(B) AN ELECTION DIRECTOR SHALL MAKE THE DETERMINATION IF AN ERROR
IN A VOTER REGISTRATION RECORD IS A CLERICAL ERROR
(C) AT ANY TIME WHEN VOTER REGISTRATION IS OPEN, IF THE ELECTION
DIRECTOR DETERMINES THAT A CLERICAL ERROR HAS BEEN MADE, THE ELECTION
DIRECTOR SHALL:
(1) CAUSE THE ERROR TO BE CORRECTED; AND
(2) PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE VOTER OF THE CORRECTION.
(D) (1) ON ELECTION DAY, IF IT IS ALLEGED THAT THE NAME OF A
REGISTERED VOTER IS MISSING FROM THE PRECINCT REGISTER BECAUSE OF A
CLERICAL ERROR, THE CHIEF ELECTION JUDGE SHALL CONTACT THE ELECTION
DIRECTOR WHO SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER A CLERICAL ERROR HAS BEEN MADE.
(2) IF THE ELECTION DIRECTOR DETERMINES THAT THE AFFECTED
VOTER IS REGISTERED AND THE ABSENCE OF THE VOTER'S NAME FROM THE
PRECINCT REGISTER IS THE RESULT OF A CLERICAL ERROR, THE ELECTION
DIRECTOR SHALL AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF ELECTION JUDGE TO:
(I) ISSUE A BLANK VOTER AUTHORITY CARD TO THE AFFECTED
VOTER; AND
(H) ALLOW THE AFFECTED VOTER TO VOTE AFTER THE AFFECTED
VOTER COMPLETES THE VOTER AUTHORITY CARD AND PROVIDES ANY OTHER
DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE STATE BOARD.
3-602.
(a) (1) An individual who feels aggrieved by any action of a local board
regarding voter registration may file a challenge with that local board.
(2) A registered voter may file a challenge with the appropriate local
board objecting to the addition or omission of an individual from the registry.
(3) A municipal corporation may file a challenge with the appropriate
local board if the municipal corporation has reason to believe that an individual has
been erroneously added to or omitted from the municipal corporation registry.
(4) [(i)] A local board may initiate the challenge procedures if the local
board has reason to believe that a registration has been erroneously added to or
omitted from the registry other than by clerical error AS PROVIDED IN § 3-601.1 OF
THIS SUBTITLE.
[(ii) If a local board corrects a clerical error on the registry, the local
board shall inform the voter whose registration information was changed.]
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