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<chapter num="03" heading="Public Notice of Early Voting" title_num="33" subtitle_num="17">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Public Education Plan.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Plan Development.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>State Administrator to Develop. The State Administrator shall develop a public education plan to educate voters about early voting.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Minimum Components. The plan shall include:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>A preelection mailing that:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>Is sent to all active, registered voters at least one week before early voting starts; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>Includes the date and time for early voting and the locations of the early voting centers;</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Public service announcements;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Promotional materials; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Text for websites providing:</text>
          <paragraph num="(i)">
            <text>The dates and times of early voting;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(ii)">
            <text>The locations of the early voting centers; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(iii)">
            <text>If possible, maps and photographs of the early voting centers.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Initial Implementation. The State Administrator shall specify in the public education plan:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Those components that are required for each early voting period; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Those components that are required only during the initial implementation of early voting.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Local Board to Implement Administrator's Plan. The local board shall implement and fund the public education plan developed by the State Administrator.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Reports. The election director shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>When requested by the State Administrator, report in writing to the State Administrator on the conduct of the public education plan; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Starting 3 months before each early voting period, report at each meeting of the local board the status of the implementation of the plan required under §B of this regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 7-105, and 10-301.1(h), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: February 22, 2010 (37: 4 Md. R. 343)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective September 16, 2013 (40:18 Md. R. 1480)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>