# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 08 — Canvassing

### Chapter 05 — Post-Election Verification and Audit

#### Regulation .06 Post-Election Audit — Precincts.

*COMAR 33.08.05.06*

A. Automatic.

  (1) For every precinct in an election, the State Administrator shall produce a report with the following information:

    (a) The number of voters who were checked-in to vote as reported by the electronic pollbooks;

    (b) The number of ballots cast as reported in the Election Management System; and

    (c) The difference, if any, between the number of voters checked-in to vote and ballots cast.

  (2) The election director shall conduct the audit procedures under §B of this regulation for all batches of ballots scanned at that precinct if the State Administrator’s report indicates that the difference between the number of voters checked-in to vote and the number of ballots cast is five or more.

B. Automatic Audit Procedures—Addition of Batches to Risk-Limiting Audit.

  (1) Batches shall be added to risk-limiting audit under COMAR 33.08.05.09. The election director shall:

    (a) Add the batches identified in §A of this regulation to the batches audited by the risk limiting audit; and

    (b) Conduct the audit procedures under this section for each batch of ballots cast at precinct identified under §A of this regulation.

  (2) For each batch being audited, the election director shall also:

    (a) Hand count the signed voter authority cards associated with each voting unit used to scan the batch; and

    (b) Compare the number of signed voter authority cards against the number of ballots cast as reported in the Election Management System.

  (3) If the number of signed voter authority cards does not match the number of ballots cast, the election director shall:

    (a) Review other election materials from the precinct to determine the cause of the difference; and

    (b) Report to the State Administrator the explanation for the difference.

C. Notification. The election director shall report to the local board and the State Administrator the results of the audit.