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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="11-402" title_number="11" title_name="Canvassing" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Certification of Election Results by Local Board">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless otherwise provided by the Maryland Constitution, and subject to subsection (b) of this section, each board of canvassers shall prepare a statement of election results for each candidate or question voted on at the election and declare:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>who is elected or nominated for office:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in county government; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for any other office voted for only within that county, if the certificate of candidacy for that office was issued by the local board; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>whether or not a question is adopted or approved.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The statement prepared by the board of canvassers under subsection (a) of this section shall report the early, absentee, and provisional vote separately.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In addition to the statement of election results specified under subsection (a) of this section, the State Board shall make available in an electronic format a report of election results for each candidate or question voted on at the election:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>by precinct, including the early, absentee, and provisional vote;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>by State legislative district, including any subdistrict;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>by county legislative district; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>for each county as a whole.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Board may make the report specified under paragraph (1) of this subsection available to the public at cost.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
