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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 33.16.06.04" title_num="33" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="06" heading="Ballot Rejection — Multiple Ballots from the Same Individual.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If a local board receives multiple provisional ballots from the same voter, the local board shall canvass them as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>If a single provisional ballot application envelope contains more than one voted ballot from the same individual for the same election, all ballots from that individual shall be rejected; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If more than one provisional ballot is received from the same individual in different provisional ballot applications, the local board shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Count the first provisional ballot cast by the voter that is legally sufficient and acceptable in full;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If no provisional ballots are acceptable in full, count the first provisional ballot cast by the voter that is legally sufficient and accept in part; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Reject all ballots if none of the voter’s provisional ballots are legally sufficient.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>If an absentee ballot and provisional ballot are received from the same individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in §B(2) of this regulation, the local board shall count the first ballot the voter cast if the ballot is legally sufficient and reject any other ballot.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the local board receives an absentee ballot after a provisional ballot from the same voter has been counted, the local board shall reject the absentee ballot.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The local board shall reject a provisional ballot that is received from an individual who cast a ballot in a polling place on election day.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>