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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 33.10.01.01" title_num="33" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="01" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Audio ballot” means a ballot presented in an audio format, containing the same contest order and selections as the corresponding paper or visual ballot.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Audio-tactile keypad” means an assistive device used by a voter to navigate and make selections on the ballot marking device.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Ballot Box.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Ballot box” means a sealable container for receiving and securing voted ballots at a voting location.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Ballot box” is the compartment attached to the precinct tabulator for receiving voted ballots.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Ballot” means a pre-printed ballot marked by the voter or a ballot activation card used with the ballot marking device.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Ballot activation card” means the card used with the ExpressVote unit and scanned by a precinct tabulator or high speed tabulator.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Ballot marking device” means the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Device used to create a voter-verifiable paper record; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Accessible device for voters with disabilities as required by Election Law Article, §9-102(f), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Ballot transfer bin” means a sealable container inside the ballot box that is used to capture and transfer voted ballots to the local board or counting center.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Counting center” means one or more locations designated by the local board for tabulating votes.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“DS200 precinct tabulator” means the precinct tabulator in the EVS voting solution.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“DS850 high speed tabulator” means the high speed tabulator in the EVS voting solution.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Election Management System” means the central database of a voting system.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“ElectionWare” means the election management system in the EVS voting solution.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Emergency Ballot Compartment” is a separate compartment of the precinct tabulator into which voted ballots can be inserted if the tabulator is unable to scan and tabulate votes.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“ExpressVote unit” means the ballot marking device in the EVS voting solution.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“EVS voting solution” means the voting system manufactured by Election Systems and Software.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“High speed tabulator” means the high speed scanning and tabulating equipment used by certain local boards to tabulate ballots.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>“Judges’ manual” means the manual developed under COMAR 33.02.03.01 for election judges.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>“Memory device” means an external hard drive that plugs into a USB port.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>“Precinct tabulator” means the scanning and tabulating equipment used by local boards to tabulate ballots.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(20)">
      <text>“Privacy sleeve” means a folder provided by the local board to ensure the secrecy of the voter’s ballot while the voter carries the ballot from the voting booth to the precinct tabulator.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21)">
      <text>“Test deck” means a preaudited group of ballots that contains:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For the precinct tabulator and high-speed tabulator:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate, each write-in position, and each voting option on a question that appears on the ballot; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>One or more ballots that have been improperly voted or that have votes in excess of the number allowed by law, in order to test the ability of the system to reject the votes; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For the ballot marking device, at least one selection in each contest in each ballot style; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>One or more blank ballots.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(22)">
      <text>“Test script” means an algorithm to mark ballots to ensure that the voting system produces expected results for all contests.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(23)">
      <text>“Totals report” means a printed report that shows the votes tabulated on a specific voting unit.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(24)">
      <text>“Voter-verifiable paper record” has the meaning stated in Election Law Article, §9-102, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(25)">
      <text>Voting Booth.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Voting booth” means an enclosed area in which a voter makes selections privately.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Voting booth” is the enclosed area for the ballot marking device and the enclosed area for a voter marking a paper ballot by hand.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(26)">
      <text>“Voting location” means a polling place or early voting center.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(27)">
      <text>“Voting unit” means the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>DS200 precinct tabulator with an attached ballot box; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>DS850 high speed tabulator.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(28)">
      <text>“Zero report” means a printed report that shows all contests on a specific voting unit have no votes cast.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>