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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="1-303.1" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions and General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Baltimore City centralized booking facility” means the centralized booking facility in Baltimore City that is operated by the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services in the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Election–related materials” means documents and other items associated with the registering for and voting in an election, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>absentee ballot applications;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>absentee ballots; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>voter registration applications.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Eligible voter” means an individual who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is incarcerated at the Baltimore City centralized booking facility; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has the right to vote under State law.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State Board shall adopt regulations in collaboration with the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide the following at the Baltimore City centralized booking facility in accordance with § 2–501 of the Correctional Services Article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a secure, designated ballot drop box for election–related materials; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>written notifications on how and when eligible voters may use the ballot drop box.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Board shall provide the ballot drop box under subsection (b) of this section to the Baltimore City centralized booking facility in time to allow eligible voters sufficient opportunity to submit election–related materials before any election–related deadlines.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The local board of elections for Baltimore City shall provide staff to collect:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>election–related materials submitted to the ballot drop box on at least a weekly basis; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the ballot drop box after an election–related deadline.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The local board of elections for Baltimore City shall distribute the election–related materials collected from the ballot drop box to the State Board or a local board, as appropriate and in a timely manner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before January 1 each year, the local board of elections for Baltimore City shall submit a report to the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the House Appropriations Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on the following information submitted to the ballot drop box, disaggregated by each weekly collection from the ballot drop box and by the State Board or the local board that is the intended recipient of the election–related materials:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the number of absentee ballot applications received and accepted;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>absentee ballots received and accepted; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>other election–related materials received.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
