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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 33.12.05.06" title_num="33" subtitle_num="12" chapter_num="05" heading="Manual Recount—Tally Method.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Team Composition.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For the tally method, each special team shall comprise:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>One caller;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Two tally clerks; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>One watcher.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>When practicable, the caller and watcher shall be of different party affiliations.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Recount Procedure.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For each ballot:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The caller shall call the votes cast in the contest being recounted;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The watcher shall ensure the accuracy of the calling; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The two tally clerks shall each independently record the votes as they are called.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Periodically, the tally clerks shall compare their results to make sure they are identical.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If the results are not identical, the count shall be redone, beginning with the point of the last successful comparison check, until the two tally clerks obtain identical results.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>When all votes in the precinct have been tallied, the tally clerks shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Record the vote totals on the precinct tally sheet;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Sign the precinct tally sheet; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Give the precinct tally sheet and the recounted ballots to the election director.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The election director shall then enter that precinct's totals on the contest tally sheet.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>