# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 11 — Absentee Ballots

### Chapter 03 — Issuance and Return

#### Regulation .07 Filing and Securing.

*COMAR 33.11.03.07*

A. Filing. The election director shall file all ballots timely received in such a manner that, in the event of a challenge, applications can be matched with the appropriate ballot return envelopes.

B. Securing Ballots. Until the canvass begins, every absentee ballot shall:

  (1) Remain sealed in:

    (a) The security envelope for Federal Write-In Absentee Ballots; or

    (b) The return envelope for all other ballots; and

  (2) Be placed in a secure location to which the public does not have access and stored in that location until the election has been certified and the time to challenge the election has passed.