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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 33.17.05.01" title_num="33" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="05" heading="Local Board Employees.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>If a local board appoints an employee to serve as an election judge, the employee may not perform any duties other than those of an election judge.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>At least one employee or board member of a local board shall be present at an early voting center for the following activities:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Setting up the early voting center each day of early voting; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Closing down the early voting center each day of early voting.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Applicability.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Except as provided in §C(2) of this regulation, all federal and State laws, regulations, and procedures that apply to voting during early voting and on election day apply to voting at a voting center.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An employee or board member of a local board shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be present at an early voting center to open and close an early voting center on the first day of early voting;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be present at an early voting center to close an early voting center on the last day of early voting; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provide remote support to open or close an early voting center on the other days of early voting if the local board does not have an employee or board member present.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>