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Title 33 - STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONSSubtitle 03 - RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Chapter 33.03.02 - Copies of Registration Lists
Section 33.03.02.01 - Definitions

Md. Code Regs. 33.03.02.01

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Current through Register Vol. 52, No. 1, January 10, 2025
Section 33.03.02.01 - Definitions
A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Cure list" means a list of all voters who returned a mail-in ballot, as of the date requested, but did not sign the oath document, for a single election.
(2) "Early voting list" means a list of all individuals who, as of the date requested, voted during early voting for a single election.
(3) Electoral Process.
(a) "Electoral process" means the system established by the Maryland Constitution, Election Law Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and regulations of the State Board, by which a person is elected to a public office or by which voters express a preference on a ballot question.
(b) "Electoral process" includes, but is not limited to registering voters, forming political parties, qualifying as a candidate for public office, petitioning candidates or questions to the ballot, drafting and publishing ballot questions, conducting elections, casting ballots, canvassing ballots, recounting an election, and financing a campaign.
(c) "Electoral process" does not include investigations. The use of a voter registration list to contact an individual voter as part of an investigation into an illegal or suspected illegal infraction or violation involving the voter's behavior in a specific election is not a "purpose... related to the electoral process" as those terms are used in Election Law Article, § 3-506(a)(1)(ii)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland.
(4) "Initial voter list" means a list of all individuals who, as of the date requested, meet the criteria requested by the individual requesting the list.
(5) "Mail-in list" means a list of all registered voters who, as of the date requested, have requested a mail-in ballot for a single Statewide election.
(6) "Permanent mail-in applicant list" means a list of all registered voters who, as of the date requested, have requested a mail-in ballot for all future Statewide elections.
(7) "Provisional list" means a list of all individuals who, as of the date requested, cast a provisional ballot for a single election.
(8) "Supplemental voter list" means a list of all individuals who, from the date of an initial voter list through a later requested date, meet the criteria requested by the individual requesting the list.
(9) "Voter registration list" means:
(a) A cure list;
(b) An early voting list;
(c) An initial registered voter list;
(d) A mail-in list;
(e) A permanent mail-in list;
(f) A provisional list;
(g) A supplemental registered voter list; or
(h) Any other list of voters requested and approved by the State Administrator.

Md. Code Regs. 33.03.02.01

Regulations .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 1, 2000 (27:5 Md. R. 579): adopted permanently effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 708)
Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366); amended effective 50:13 Md. R. 514, eff. 7/10/2023; amended effective 51:26 Md. R. 1187, eff. 1/6/2025.