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<chapter num="05" heading="Election Judges" title_num="33" subtitle_num="21">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Local Board Employees.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>A local board may appoint an employee to serve as an election judge, if the employee’s primary responsibilities during the special election are the duties of an election judge.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>If a local board appoints an employee to serve as an election judge, the local board shall include this information in the plan required by COMAR 33.21.04.06.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Number of Election Judges.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Each voting center shall have at least two election judges of different political party affiliations to serve as chief judges.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Each voting center shall have at least four election judges.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>For each voting center, the local board shall appoint the number of election judges provided in the plan submitted under COMAR 33.21.04.06 and approved by the State Administrator.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Training of Election Judges.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Development of Training Materials. The State Administrator shall develop an election judges’ manual, forms, and training materials.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Schedule and Materials. No later than 30 days before a special election, the local board shall submit to the State Administrator the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Schedule for training election judges;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Election judges’ manual and forms; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Training materials.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Training Classes. Each election director shall prepare and conduct training classes for election judges in accordance with COMAR 33.02.03.04.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Attendance Mandatory.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Each election judge shall attend one training class.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>An election director may require an election judge to receive supplemental training.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Except as provided in §D(5) of this regulation, if an election judge serves as assigned, the election judge is entitled to compensation of at least $20 for each required class the election judge attends.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Unless appointed under emergency circumstances, an individual may not serve as an election judge unless the individual has attended the required class.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(5)">
        <text>If a local board appoints an employee to serve as an election judge, the employee may not receive compensation as an election judge.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102, 9-501, 9-503, 9-506, 10-201, and 10-206, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: September 28, 2015 (42:19 Md. R. 1230)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05C adopted as an emergency provision effective May 11, 2020 (47:12 Md. R. 593); emergency provision expired July 31, 2020</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>