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<chapter num="01" heading="Late Ballot Changes" title_num="33" subtitle_num="07">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Corrective Actions.">
    <text>Subject to consultation with and the approval of the State Administrator, a local board shall take one of the following actions when a change is required in a ballot after the ballots have been printed:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Reprint the ballot; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>If time does not permit reprinting, take all reasonable steps to notify voters of the change.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Public Notice.">
    <text>The notice to be provided under Regulation .01B of this chapter:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Shall include prominent notices posted at the affected polling places; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>May include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Television, radio, and newspaper announcements and advertisements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Information in the specimen ballot; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Postings on the Internet.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), and 9-208, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01, .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 1, 2000 (27:6 Md. R. 636); adopted permanently effective July 10, 2000 (27:13 Md. R. 1213)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective February 29, 2016 (43:4 Md. R. 334)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective February 29, 2016 (43:4 Md. R. 334)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>