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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="2-106" title_number="2" title_name="Powers and Duties of the State and Local Boards" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Board">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the State Board and each local board shall maintain and dispose of its public records in accordance with the program for records management adopted by the State Board under Title 10, Subtitle 6, Part II of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each local board shall maintain voting authority cards that have been signed under § 10–310(a)(6) of this article for 3 years by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>physically storing the voting authority cards; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>electronically scanning and storing the voting authority cards in the same manner that the local board stores other electronic materials.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If produced and proved by a representative of the applicable board, a copy of a public record that is certified by and kept under the seal of the principal administrative officer of that board shall be evidence in any court to the same extent as the original record.</text>
  </level>
</section>
