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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 33.17.02.03" title_num="33" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="02" heading="Agreement for Early Voting Center.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Agreement Required. A local board shall enter into a legally binding agreement with an authorized representative of the facility where early voting will be conducted.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Required Provisions. The agreement shall contain the following provisions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The dates and times when a local board requires access to the facility;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The amount of compensation, if any, a local board is required to pay to use the facility as an early voting center;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Authorization to install and test equipment and telecommunications connections before early voting, and remove equipment and connections after early voting;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Authorization to install temporary measures to improve access to the early voting center for voters with disabilities;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Require the facility to provide a local board with its policies and procedures for inclement weather and other emergency situations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Whether the facility or the local board is responsible for providing appropriate services in case of inclement weather or other emergency situations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>If agreed to by the facility's authorized representative, a copy of the facility's disaster recovery plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Authorization to establish a no electioneering zone during early voting; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Authorization to allow exit polling within the no electioneering zone.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Filing with State Administrator. Within 30 days of executing the agreement, a local board shall file a copy of the signed agreement with the State Administrator.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>