# Election Law (GEL)

## Title 8. Elections

### Subtitle 1. Elections Generally

#### Section 8-103

(a) In the event of a state of emergency, declared by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of law, that interferes with the electoral process, the emergency proclamation may:

  (1) provide for the postponement, until a specific date, of the election in part or all of the State;

  (2) specify alternate voting locations; or

  (3) specify alternate voting systems.

(b)

  (1) If emergency circumstances, not constituting a declared state of emergency, interfere with the electoral process, the State Board or a local board, after conferring with the State Board, may petition a circuit court to take any action the court considers necessary to provide a remedy that is in the public interest and protects the integrity of the electoral process.

  (2) The State Board shall develop guidelines concerning methods for addressing possible emergency situations.

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