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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 33.07.03.02" title_num="33" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="03" heading="Election Day Communications.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Between Office and Polls. The local board shall assure that, throughout election day, each polling room is equipped with the ability to communicate directly with the local board office.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>With Board Members. When away from the local board office, each board member and substitute member and the board's counsel shall be provided with a cellular telephone, pager, or other direct means of communication.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Communications Log.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Each local board office shall maintain an election day communications log.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Except for routine inquiries (for example, requests for directions, hours of operation, and the like), the following shall be recorded in the log for each call received:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Time of the call;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Identity of the caller;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Identity of the individual taking the call;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Problem or other purpose of the call;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Whether resolved;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>If resolved, when, by whom, and how; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>If not resolved, why.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If requested by the State Administrator, the election director shall submit, within the time the State Administrator requests, a copy of the communications log.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>