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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 33.07.10.01" title_num="33" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="10" heading="Ballot Box Return and Inspection.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Numbered Seals Required. Any seal used by a local board shall be numbered.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Reception Team to Receive. The sealed ballot boxes from the polling places shall be received by a reception team.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Marking.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Each ballot box shall be marked as having been inspected before it is delivered to a ballot reception team; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Each ballot box shall be marked with the batch label prior to certification in §D of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Inspection and Certification.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The reception team shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Inspect each ballot box and its seal; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Prepare and sign a certification of the box’s condition.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The certification for each box shall include:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The precinct number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The seal number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The condition of seal;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Any defects observed; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>The batch label.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>