# COMAR Title 33 — State Board of Elections

## Subtitle 21 — Special Elections by Mail

### Chapter 08 — Post-Election Activities

#### Regulation .01 Post-Election Verification and Audit.

*COMAR 33.21.08.01*

A. Purpose. The purpose of the post-election verification and audit program is to:

  (1) Demonstrate and confirm the accuracy of the voting system’s tabulation logic;

  (2) Ensure that each accepted vote-by-mail ballot and provisional ballot met the acceptance criteria and conversely that rejected ballots did not meet the criteria; and

  (3) Confirm that the number of ballots cast in a voting center equals the number of voters who checked in to vote at the voting center;

B. Verification and Audit Program.

  (1) The State Administrator shall establish a post-election verification and audit program for special elections conducted by mail.

  (2) A local board shall perform the post-election verification and audit developed by the State Administrator.