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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 33.08.05.05" title_num="33" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="05" heading="Post-Election Verification.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Optical Scan Voting Unit. For each precinct selected under Regulation .04, the election director shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Obtain the totals tapes from each optical scan voting unit deployed to that precinct;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In a manner and format specified by the State Administrator, aggregate the results reported on the totals tapes; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Compare those aggregated precinct results against the results for that precinct as reported by the Election Management System.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Notification.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If the verification results and the Election Management System results agree, the election director shall report to the local board of canvassers and the State Administrator accordingly.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the verification results and the Election Management System results do not agree:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The election director shall notify the State Administrator immediately; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The local board of canvassers may not certify the election until the cause of the discrepancy is discovered, resolved, and the State Administrator has approved the resolution.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>