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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 33.08.05.06" title_num="33" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="05" heading="Post-Election Audit — Precincts.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Automatic.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For every precinct in an election, the State Administrator shall produce a report with the following information:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The number of voters who were checked-in to vote as reported by the electronic pollbooks;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The number of ballots cast as reported in the Election Management System; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The difference, if any, between the number of voters checked-in to vote and ballots cast.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Automatic Audit Procedures—Addition of Batches to Risk-Limiting Audit.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Batches shall be added to risk-limiting audit under COMAR 33.08.05.09. The election director shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Add the batches identified in §A of this regulation to the batches audited by the risk limiting audit; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Conduct the audit procedures under this section for each batch of ballots cast at precinct identified under §A of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For each batch being audited, the election director shall also:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Hand count the signed voter authority cards associated with each voting unit used to scan the batch; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Compare the number of signed voter authority cards against the number of ballots cast as reported in the Election Management System.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the number of signed voter authority cards does not match the number of ballots cast, the election director shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Review other election materials from the precinct to determine the cause of the difference; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Report to the State Administrator the explanation for the difference.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Notification. The election director shall report to the local board and the State Administrator the results of the audit.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>