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Ch. 404
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(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.]
9-407.
(a) A provisional ballot shall be accompanied by instructions, prescribed by
the State Board, for marking and returning the ballot.
(b) When voted, a provisional ballot shall be:
(1) [enclosed] ENCLOSED in an envelope designated "provisional
ballot/return envelope"; OR
(2) STORED IN AN ELECTRONIC FORMAT AS SPECIFIED BY THE STATE
BOARD.
11-303.
(a) Following an election, each local board shall meet at its designated
counting center to canvass the provisional ballots [cast] SUBMITTED in that election
in accordance with the regulations and guidelines established by the State Board.
(b) A local board may not open [any] AN envelope of a provisional ballot [prior
to 8 a.m. on the Wednesday following election day] UNTIL THE LOCAL BOARD HAS
APPROVED THE TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE.
(c) [(1)] The State Board shall adopt regulations [that reflect the policy that
the clarity of the intent of the voter is the overriding consideration in determining the
validity of a provisional ballot or the vote cast in a particular contest] TO IMPLEMENT
THIS SECTION.
(D) [(2)] (1) A local board may not reject a provisional ballot except by
unanimous vote and in accordance with regulations of the State Board.
[(3)] (2) The local board shall reject a provisional ballot if:
(i) [The local board determines that the temporary certificate of
registration that corresponds to the provisional ballot is not valid;
(ii) The] PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (4) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE
local board determines that the individual WHO SUBMITTED THE PROVISIONAL
BALLOT is not a registered voter;
[(iii)] (II) The individual failed to sign the oath on the temporary
certificate of registration;
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