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Title 33 - STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONSSubtitle 16 - PROVISIONAL VOTING
Chapter 33.16.05 - Canvass of Ballots - Procedures
Section 33.16.05.05 - Opening and Ballot Tabulation

Md. Code Regs. 33.16.05.05

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Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 24, December 2, 2024
Section 33.16.05.05 - Opening and Ballot Tabulation
A. If the local board rejects a provisional ballot application, the provisional ballot application envelope shall remain sealed.
B. If the local board accepts a provisional ballot application or an absentee ballot being canvassed as a provisional ballot, the ballot shall be removed from the envelope consistent with COMAR 33.11.04.05A with special consideration given to the fact that the voter's personal identification information may be contained inside the envelope with the ballot.
C. If the local board has determined under Regulation .03D of this chapter that, based on the address the voter provided on the provisional ballot application, only votes for specific contests should be counted, the local board shall form a bipartisan team and use the voter's provisional ballot to duplicate the votes for those contests for which the voter is entitled to vote.
D. Absentee Ballots. An absentee ballot being canvassed as a provisional ballot may not be opened until the start of the provisional ballot canvass.
E. The provisional ballots shall be tabulated after they are removed from the ballot envelopes, without unreasonable delay.

Md. Code Regs. 33.16.05.05

Regulations .05 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 3, 2002 (29:18 Md. R. 1441); adopted permanently effective October 14, 2002 (29:20 Md. R. 1596)
Regulations .05 recodified to Regulations .06_.08 and new Regulation .05 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1556)
Regulations .05 recodified to Regulations .06_.08 and new Regulation .05 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 25, 2006 (33:19 Md. R. 1556); superseded effective September 13, 2006 (33:21 Md. R. 1672); emergency status expired January 31, 2007
Regulations .05 recodified to Regulations .06_.08 and new Regulation .05 adopted effective November 19, 2007 (34:23 Md. R. 2027)
Regulation .05B amended effective June 25, 2012 (39:12 Md. R. 746)