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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="3-505" title_number="3" title_name="Voter Registration" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Statewide Voter Registration List">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Board shall adopt regulations for the retention and storage of and reasonable access to original voter registration applications and other voter registration records the State Board considers appropriate.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Voter registration records stored and retained in a local board office shall be open to public inspection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the purpose of public inspection, original voter registration records:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>subject to § 4–527(b) of the Family Law Article and § 7–309(b) of the State Government Article and except upon the special order of the local board, shall be available at all times when a local board is open; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may not be removed from the office of the local board except:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>on order of a court; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>for temporary removal solely for purposes of data processing.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Consistent with regulations adopted by the State Board, local boards shall maintain for at least 2 years all records concerning programs to ensure the accuracy and currency of the statewide voter registration list.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except for records concerning a declination to register or the identity of a voter registration agency through which a particular voter applies for registration, the records described in paragraph (1) of this subsection are accessible under Title 4 of the General Provisions Article (Access to Public Records).</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
