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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 33.16.06.05" title_num="33" subtitle_num="16" chapter_num="06" heading="Vote or Contest Rejection.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Person No Longer a Candidate. If a provisional ballot is voted for an individual who has ceased to be a candidate, the vote for that individual may not be counted but does not invalidate the rest of the ballot.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Damaged or Marked Ballot. If a provisional ballot is damaged or otherwise marked so that the local board cannot determine the voter's intent in a specific contest, the local board shall reject only that contest on the ballot.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Erasures or Alterations. If a provisional ballot has erasures or has been altered or repaired:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For all contests where the voter's intent is clear, the local board shall process the ballot or, if necessary, have it duplicated and processed; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For any contest where the local board cannot determine the voter's intent, the local board shall reject that contest on the ballot.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>