# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 10. Polling Places

### Subtitle 4. Election Day Page Program

#### Section 10-401

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Page" means a student selected by a local board participating in the Program to assist the local board and election judges in performing election day duties in a polling place on election day.

(c) "Program" means the Election Day Page Program.

#### Section 10-402

(a) There is an Election Day Page Program.

(b) The purpose of the Program is to:

  (1) stimulate the interest of students in the election process;

  (2) provide assistance to election judges in polling places on election day; and

  (3) ensure the safe entry and exit of elderly voters and voters with disabilities from polling places.

(c) The State Board:

  (1) shall develop a page training program for use by participating local boards that includes the duties, responsibilities, and prohibited conduct of pages at a polling place on election day; and

  (2) may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.

#### Section 10-403

(a)

  (1) A local board may participate in the Program.

  (2) A participating local board shall implement or use components of the page training program developed by the State Board under Sec. 10-402(c)(1) of this subtitle.

  (3) A participating local board may request from the State Board a waiver from a requirement established under this subtitle.

(b) Each participating local board shall:

  (1) be responsible for the staffing of and implementation of a page training program;

  (2) ensure each page receives the required training before election day; and

  (3) encourage individuals at least 16 years old who apply to the Program to train as an election judge.

(c) An individual may not work as a page in a polling place unless the individual has completed the training provided by the local board.

(d) Each participating local board, in collaboration with the local school system, shall establish a procedure for the selection of pages by the local board.

(e) Each participating local board may recognize and certify community service hours for pages.

(f) This section does not require a local board to participate in the Program.

#### Section 10-404

(a) To qualify as a page, an individual must:

  (1) be at least 14 years old;

  (2) apply to the local board in the individual's county of residence;

  (3) be available to work at least one full 4-hour shift on election day; and

  (4) complete the required training before election day.

(b) A page may not:

  (1) engage in any partisan activity while working at a polling place; or

  (2) handle or touch a marked ballot at any time.

(c) A page may work up to two 4-hour shifts at a polling place on election day.

(d) Each page shall:

  (1) serve under the direct supervision of the chief election judges for the assigned polling place; and

  (2) assist election judges with election day duties, as directed.

#### Section 10-405

(a) Each page shall take and subscribe to a written oath.

(b) The signed oath, when returned to the local board, shall constitute the commission of the position of election day page.

(c) Each local board shall prescribe a form for the combined oath and commission required under this section.

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Md. Code Ann., Election Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)