# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 07 — Election Day Activities

### Chapter 08 — Challenging Voters

**Authority:** Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4) 2-202(b), and 10-312, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date:

**Administrative History:** Regulations .01—.04 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)

**Administrative History:** Chapter recodified from COMAR 33.07.06, Regulation .04 repealed, and new Regulation .04 adopted effective November 24, 2003 (30:23 Md. R. 1655)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03A amended as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); amended permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03B amended as an emergency provision effective January 2, 2004 (30:24 Md. R. 1737); amended permanently effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 319); amended effective April 19, 2010 (37:8 Md. R. 623)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .04 repealed as an emergency provision effective June 2, 2006 (33:13 Md. R. 1062); repealed permanently effective August 14, 2006 (33:16 Md. R. 1366)

**Administrative History:** Chapter recodified from COMAR 33.07.07 to 33.07.08 effective March 19, 2012 (39:5 Md. R. 384)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective March 19, 2012 (39:5 Md. R. 384)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03B amended effective March 19, 2012 (39:5 Md. R. 384)

#### Regulation .01 Scope.

*COMAR 33.07.08.01*

This chapter applies to accredited and non-accredited challengers or watchers.

#### Regulation .02 Grounds for Challenge.

*COMAR 33.07.08.02*

A challenger may challenge an individual's right to vote only if the challenger has a reasonable basis for asserting that the individual seeking to vote is not the registered voter that the individual claims to be.

#### Regulation .03 Challenge Record.

*COMAR 33.07.08.03*

A. In General. If a challenge is made to a voter's identity and the challenged individual does not present any of the forms of identification specified in Election Law Article, §10-312(a)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland, the Chief Judge or Chief Judges shall record the proceedings on an identity challenge record, in the form that the State Administrator prescribes.

B. Contents. The form shall contain appropriate places for:

  (1) Each of the challenger and the challenged voter to sign an oath or affirmation, under penalties of perjury, that the individual's responses and statements are true;

  (2) The signature of the Chief Judge who administered each oath; and

  (3) The reason given for the challenge.