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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" citation="COMAR 33.17.06.09" title_num="33" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="06" heading="Challenging Voters.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The process specified in COMAR 33.07.08 for challenging voters applies during early voting.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Grounds for Challenge. A challenger may challenge an individual's right to vote only if the challenger has a reasonable basis for asserting that the individual seeking to vote is not the registered voter that the individual claims to be.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Challenge Record.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In General. If a challenge is made to a voter's identity and the challenged individual does not present any of the forms of identification specified in Election Law Article, §10-312(a)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland, the Chief Judge or Chief Judges shall record the proceedings on an identity challenge record, in the form that the State Administrator prescribes.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Contents. The form shall contain appropriate places for:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The challenger and the challenged voter to sign an oath or affirmation, under penalties of perjury, that the individual's responses and statements will be the truth;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The signature of the Chief Judge who administered each oath; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The reason given for the challenge.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>